Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sword of coins, museum number 9-286, described as Sword composed of coins: iron shaft covered by coins, which are stacked on hilt with blade formed of coins in two rows, bound together by red, green, and yellow cordage; pendant coin ornaments; length: 47 cm. Hung on the curtains of a cot to protect newborn babies from the thoutzu kuei — the spirits of women who had died without children and who tried to steal infants.