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Object Number 39-93-60/6021
Display Title Priest's ceremonial sword
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, steel blade, wood grip, cracked on one side
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nashi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Yunnan / <County> / Likiang
Materials Wood, Steel
Dimensions Overall: 60.5 x 4 x 3.6 cm (23 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-93-60/6021
Credit Line Museum purchase, 1939
Provenance
Collector Quentin Roosevelt (1939)

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