- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden sheath for a sword [1901.25.7 .1] with a belt with pompoms. [El.B 19/2/2007]
- Long description
- Wooden sheath of two halves, curved, bound together with string, wire and plaited cane, with a belt of part woven, part plaited yellow, pink and blue cotton yarn, with a bunch of multicoloured wool pompoms at each end. Where it is attached to the sheath it forms a loop covered with black textile. [El.B 19/2/2007]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- By 1901
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 07/1901 Loaned: 11/1901, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Textile, Material Metal Wire, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Length: max 735 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.25.7.2
1901.25.7.2
Wooden sheath for a sword [1901.25.7 .1] with a belt with pompoms. [El.B 19/2/2007]
1901.25.7.2
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