Short Sword
51-4-66A
From: Southeast Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-66A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan |
| Provenience | Southeast Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Steel | Iron | Brass | Copper | Wood |
| Description | Short sword. Steel and iron blade. Plain quatrefoil brass inverted cup guard. Simple wood handle; with fine brass and copper lines on iron hilt above and below a row of piercings(for jewels?). Blade is worn down to smaller size. Feels like older piece. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 135 - Other Number |
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