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Object Number 99-12-70/53252
Display Title Sword and scabbard
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword and sheath, iron blade, wood and fiber braided handle, wood sheath
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Malay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia
Additional Geographic Terms Malay Archipelago
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 89.5 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm (35 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53252
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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