Sword

Museum number:
5-11395
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011395
Accession number:
Acc.2579
Description:
Sword, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11395, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: blade is steel modified from artifact such as saw, etc.; hilt is copper tubing as used to carry water; Context of use: for fighting Description: sword; short, made of copper tubing (hilt) and modified steel blade; 56.8 cm l.; 4.5 cm. w.;
Donor:
Marybelle Barton
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Rexford W. Barton
Collection date:
December 18, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
July 10, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-11395, described as Sword, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11395, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: blade is steel modified from artifact such as saw, etc.; hilt is copper tubing as used to carry water; Context of use: for fighting Description: sword; short, made of copper tubing (hilt) and modified steel blade; 56.8 cm l.; 4.5 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-11395, described as Sword, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11395, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: blade is steel modified from artifact such as saw, etc.; hilt is copper tubing as used to carry water; Context of use: for fighting Description: sword; short, made of copper tubing (hilt) and modified steel blade; 56.8 cm l.; 4.5 cm. w.;

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