sword (weapons: edged); sword sheath (sheath (weapons: accessories))

Sword and sheath. Sword with a round-tipped iron blade, decorated with semicircular incisions. The hilt is covered in brown leather, and has a metal pommel in a square-based pyramidal shape, made of alternating bands of brass and copper. The sheath is made from embossed brown leather, with the lower part covered in green leather that has cut out and punched out decorative shapes. The sheath's lower end has a u-shaped brass frame. The carrying strap is made from broad leather strips, attached to the sheath,with triangular aluminium rings, onto which several blue and white cotton bands (teilalt) are bound.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.230
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 820 mm x 620 mm x 42 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
iron; leather; brass; copper alloy; aluminium; cotton
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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