Object Number | 42-30-607A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Morocco |
Section | African |
Materials | Steel | Wood |
Description | Straight steel blade with very thick back; sharp, slightly recurved edge, tapering to a point. Socket over facetted cylindrical grip with conventionalized bird-head pommel, all covered with brass ornamented with incised straight and angled lines. On both sides of blade at back, engraved decoration, partly gilded. |
Length | 39.8 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 238 - Other Number |
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