Sword

Museum number:
5-6268a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056268a@2cb
Alternate number:
3a-b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
sword & sheath a) sword; iron w/ red leather hilt; iron capped; b) sheath red leather w/ worked designs both sides; 2 buckle straps of same leather, each w/ brass ring; sash attachments are new; total length 28 cm; width at hilt 9 cm. Collected Jan 1965.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kano, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Kano; Hausa (?) (Murdock 17:38) Purchased from Hausa trader in Kano, unsure of tribe or origin
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
Jan 1965
Object type:
(not specified)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-6268a,b, described as sword & sheath a) sword; iron w/ red leather hilt; iron capped; b) sheath red leather w/ worked designs both sides; 2 buckle straps of same leather, each w/ brass ring; sash attachments are new; total length 28 cm; width at hilt 9 cm. Collected Jan 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-6268a,b, described as sword & sheath a) sword; iron w/ red leather hilt; iron capped; b) sheath red leather w/ worked designs both sides; 2 buckle straps of same leather, each w/ brass ring; sash attachments are new; total length 28 cm; width at hilt 9 cm. Collected Jan 1965.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-6268a,b, described as sword & sheath a) sword; iron w/ red leather hilt; iron capped; b) sheath red leather w/ worked designs both sides; 2 buckle straps of same leather, each w/ brass ring; sash attachments are new; total length 28 cm; width at hilt 9 cm. Collected Jan 1965.

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