Sword

Museum number:
5-8566
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Sword, steel, double edged bowed blade, handle and guard inlaid portion missing, 43.9 cm. long.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ghion, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; purch. at Ghion (?)
Collector:
David Solomon
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-8566, described as Sword, steel, double edged bowed blade, handle and guard inlaid portion missing, 43.9 cm. long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 5-8566, described as Sword, steel, double edged bowed blade, handle and guard inlaid portion missing, 43.9 cm. long.

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