Sword

Museum number:
9-9462a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21099462a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scabbards
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 9-9462a,b, described as Sword/scabbard; a) medium sword, steel blade, wood hilt with sharkskin cover; 6-lobed sword guard with geometric design; brass blade fitting with swastika and cloud design; l. 27.2 cm.; b) scabbard: plain black lacquered wood, 1. 58.5cm.

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