Sword

Museum number:

11-44087

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4741

Description:

Sword, light wood, both handle and 'blade' made of same wood. Triangular-shaped carvings on handle, triangles and lines on 'blade' are on both sides and colored with white pigment.

Donor:

Dorothy Mark

Collection place:

South Pacific Islands

Verbatim coll. place:

South Pacific Islands

Culture or time period:

Oceanian cultures

Collector:

Robert M. Wales

Collection date:

1945

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works) and Swords

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

August 23, 2004

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

length 60.5 centimeters and width 9 centimeters