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Object Number
27-62-60/D3024.1.1
Display Title
Knife from sheath
Descriptions
Object Description
Sword and sheath
Inventory Description
Knife from sheath of sword, handle is colored brown with etched design of a bearded figure on one side, blade has only one edge and has etched Japanese characters on one side
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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Japan
Materials
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 20.9 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm (8 1/4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3024.1.1
Provenance
Collector
Jasper Whiting
(1900 - 1927)
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