Sword and sheath

Museum number:
5-232a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050232a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Sudan; Beja attrib.
Culture or time period:
Beja
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 92 centimeters and length 100 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-232a,b, described as Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-232a,b, described as Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-232a,b, described as Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword and sheath, accession number 5-232a,b, described as Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B)

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