Sword and scabbard

Museum number:
18-900a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.2768
Description:
Sword and scabbard. (a) Sword: heavy steel blade with deer antler hilt ornamented with human hair; hilt is elaborately carved; mastic and woven rattan grip. Length 67.8 cm. (b) wood scabbard with horn and carved bone part; separated case of deerskin (?) for knife (missing) ornamented with pendant human hair; rattan waist strap. Length 57 cm. Used in Warfare; also hewing down jungle undergrowth, cutting rattans and bamboos, and the rough shaping of wooden implements.
Donor:
Rollin L. Wilson
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Scabbards
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sword and scabbard, accession number 18-900a,b, described as Sword and scabbard. (a) Sword: heavy steel blade with deer antler hilt ornamented with human hair; hilt is elaborately carved; mastic and woven rattan grip. Length 67.8 cm. (b) wood scabbard with horn and carved bone part; separated case of deerskin (?) for knife (missing) ornamented with pendant human hair; rattan waist strap. Length 57 cm. Used in Warfare; also hewing down jungle undergrowth, cutting rattans and bamboos, and the rough shaping of wooden implements.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword and scabbard, accession number 18-900a,b, described as Sword and scabbard. (a) Sword: heavy steel blade with deer antler hilt ornamented with human hair; hilt is elaborately carved; mastic and woven rattan grip. Length 67.8 cm. (b) wood scabbard with horn and carved bone part; separated case of deerskin (?) for knife (missing) ornamented with pendant human hair; rattan waist strap. Length 57 cm. Used in Warfare; also hewing down jungle undergrowth, cutting rattans and bamboos, and the rough shaping of wooden implements.

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