Dagger and sheath

Museum number:
9-4a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.140
Description:
Dagger with sheath; a) dagger: steel blade, base of which has tooled and engraved dog-like animal on both sides; well-defined central rib on each face of blade which has an armor-piercing point; elaborate brass floral inlay on handle which has ivory grips; b) sheath covered with red velvet
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Ivory (material), and Steel (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dagger and sheath, accession number 9-4a,b, described as Dagger with sheath; a) dagger: steel blade, base of which has tooled and engraved dog-like animal on both sides; well-defined central rib on each face of blade which has an armor-piercing point; elaborate brass floral inlay on handle which has ivory grips; b) sheath covered with red velvetHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dagger and sheath, accession number 9-4a,b, described as Dagger with sheath; a) dagger: steel blade, base of which has tooled and engraved dog-like animal on both sides; well-defined central rib on each face of blade which has an armor-piercing point; elaborate brass floral inlay on handle which has ivory grips; b) sheath covered with red velvet
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger and sheath, accession number 9-4a,b, described as Dagger with sheath; a) dagger: steel blade, base of which has tooled and engraved dog-like animal on both sides; well-defined central rib on each face of blade which has an armor-piercing point; elaborate brass floral inlay on handle which has ivory grips; b) sheath covered with red velvet

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