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1. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-236a,b
Culture or time period:
Beja
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
length 89 centimeters and length 103 centimeters
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collection date:
unknown

2. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-11719a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
width 71 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1951

3. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-4661a,b
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection place:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Collection date:
10/65

4. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-235a,b
Culture or time period:
Beja
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters and length 92 centimeters
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collection date:
unknown

5. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-232a,b
Culture or time period:
Beja
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
length 92 centimeters and length 100 centimeters
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collection date:
unknown

6. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-13392a,b
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Object class:
Sheaths (cases) and Swords
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya

7. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-1955a,b
Culture or time period:
Tuareg
Object class:
Scabbards
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Robert F. Murphy
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1961

8. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-233a,b
Culture or time period:
Beja
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
length 110 centimeters
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collection date:
unknown

9. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-13223a,b
Object class:
Sheaths (cases) and Swords
Collection place:
Asmara, Eritrea

10. Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-234a-c
Culture or time period:
Beja
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collection date:
unknown