Sword, With Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Jun 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: William W. Rockhill
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Scabbard wood, covered with shark skin. Mounted in iron and silver. Illus. in USNM AR, 1893; Pl. 22, fig. 3; p. 710. Duplicate number." From old exhibit label with card: "Sword - Blade, straight, of uniform width and damascened; point, diagonal. Hilt, covered with shagreen, and in the iron pommel wires of brass and copper have been inlaid. Scabbard, of wood, overlaid with shagreen. Plain bands of silver extend half its length. The upper half of the scabbard is covered with red cloth; a strap fastened near the hilt passes around the wearer's waist. In Tibet, the sword is commonly worn in front. Poyul, Southern Tibet. Collected by W. W. Rockhill."
label: Notes
content: Per Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Description above is accurate.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027007
label: USNM Number
content: E167301-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath