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Object Number
2011.19.48.1
Display Title
Sword with curved blade, wooden pommel; 1941 East Africa coin affixed to end of pommel
Descriptions
Object Description
Sword with curved blade, wooden pommel; 1941 East Africa coin affixed to end of pommel, all edges of sword sharpened and silver color, the rest of the blade is dark with discoloration, pommel is dark wood, blade is loose in the pommel
Inventory Description
Sword, curved metal blade, wooden pommel; 1941 East Africa coin affixed to end of pommel, loose blade
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1978 or earlier
Culture
- Afar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Wood Metal
Dimensions
Other: 45.5 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm (17 15/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.48.1
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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