Sword "Aikuchi" with Sheath and Utility Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Col. J. A. Mendelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: SHORT SWORD. (AIKUCHI W/ KODZUKA UTILITY KNIFE. BLADE SIGNED "KUNISADA SAKU" MID-19TH CENT. - G. PHEBUS). (1/3) SWORD (L. 38.5CM, W. 4.5CM) SHORT, THICK SINGLE-EDGED BLADE, SOME CORROSION. COPPER COLLAR, NO GUARD, COPPER POMMELS. TWO GOLD WASHED COPPER MENUKI, HUMAN FIGURES. SHARKSKIN COVERED GRIP. (2/3) SHEATH (L. 33CM, W. 4CM) PLAIN DARK LAQUERED WOOD, STIPPLED COPPER MOUNTS, BLUE SILK BRAID. (3/3) UTILITY KNIFE "KODUKA" (L. 21.5CM) NARROW SINGLE-EDGED BLADE, ENCRAVED W/ CHARACTERS. COPPER HANDLE W/ WAVE DESIGNS. FITS IN SHEATH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424641-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 3, Sword
content: 38.5 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3, Sword
content: 4.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 3, Sheath
content: 33 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 3, Sheath
content: 4 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 3
content: 21.5 cm