Sword

Museum number:
5-1988a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051988a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1430
Description:
(a) sword and (b) sheath, 36"long (91.44cm) originally from a lady whose father was an engineer in E. Africa early in the century.
Donor:
University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge University, England
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya, Masai
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collection date:
1961
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Originally from a lady whose father was an engineer in E. Africa early in the century. (1900s)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-1988a,b, described as (a) sword and (b) sheath, 36"long (91.44cm) originally from a lady whose father was an engineer in E. Africa early in the century.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-1988a,b, described as (a) sword and (b) sheath, 36"long (91.44cm) originally from a lady whose father was an engineer in E. Africa early in the century.

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