Spear and sheath

Museum number:
9-2280a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21092280a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1948O
Description:
a) Spear with inlaid crushed awabe shell; b) sheath; wood and bristle
Donor:
Douglas Archer
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
June 22, 1948
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear and sheath, accession number 9-2280a,b, described as a) Spear with inlaid crushed awabe shell; b) sheath; wood and bristle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear and sheath, accession number 9-2280a,b, described as a) Spear with inlaid crushed awabe shell; b) sheath; wood and bristle

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