Sheath: knife

Museum number:
9-5699
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Utility knife sheath, rectangular; red copper; herons and lotus leaves; gold and silver inlay; 9.7 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Gold (metal), Metal, and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #11: Oakland Public Museum (September 5, 1963–October 15, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sheath: knife, accession number 9-5699, described as Utility knife sheath, rectangular; red copper; herons and lotus leaves; gold and silver inlay; 9.7 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sheath: knife, accession number 9-5699, described as Utility knife sheath, rectangular; red copper; herons and lotus leaves; gold and silver inlay; 9.7 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sheath: knife, accession number 9-5699, described as Utility knife sheath, rectangular; red copper; herons and lotus leaves; gold and silver inlay; 9.7 cm

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