Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-11719a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2235a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
sword and sheath; metal blade with dark brown leather covered handle, red leather sheath with faint black design, red leather fringe and black and white plaited leather strips decorate sheath; 71 cm long.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria; Purchased at Ogomosho
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Leather and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 71 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-5
Loans:
S1967-1968 #39: Aldridge Players West (October 13, 1967–October 31, 1967) and S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-11719a,b, described as sword and sheath; metal blade with dark brown leather covered handle, red leather sheath with faint black design, red leather fringe and black and white plaited leather strips decorate sheath; 71 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-11719a,b, described as sword and sheath; metal blade with dark brown leather covered handle, red leather sheath with faint black design, red leather fringe and black and white plaited leather strips decorate sheath; 71 cm long.

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