Straight sword (A) with red leather sheath (B); Leather tassel (C)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Sudan; Beja attrib.
Culture or time period:
Beja
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 8, 1962–May 8, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #103: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 4, 1967–May 4, 1967), and S1966-1967 #106: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 9, 1967–May 9, 1967)