Sword blade
- Museum number:
- 5-13207
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050013207
- Alternate number:
- B-1307 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.3274
- Description:
- Sword blade; Chief’s Sword Blade of iron; cut out star, moon and sun-like designs; rusty.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti;
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1970
- Materials:
- Iron (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
- Accession date:
- December 28, 1976
- Context of use:
- Chief's sword blade.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 56.7 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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