Turkish(?)/Moorish? short sword

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Object Number 95-20-50/49361.1

Display Title Turkish(?)/Moorish? short sword

Descriptions

Object Description Turkish short sword and sheath

Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, curved and notched, fiber and leather wrapped grip

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Africa?, North

Materials Leather, Fiber, Hide, Iron

Dimensions Overall: 53.2 x 8.4 x 3.8 cm (20 15/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 95-20-50/49361

Provenance

Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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