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Sheath for Dagger
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Sheath for Dagger

Artist/Culture
Datelate 1800s
Mediumleather, wood and copper alloy
Dimensions22.2 × 16.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E.D. Buffington
Object number1917.57.2
DescriptionTooled leater on wood. Chape of copper alloy. Secondary sheath for lost by-knife. The belt is of much lower quality, and may be a later addition.
On View
Not on view
Rondel Dagger
German
about 1400–1450
Katana (long sword of a daisho set)
Japanese
early 1400s, mountings of early 1800s
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Turkish
1860–1861
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Ottoman
about 1500–1525
Kabuto with floral motif
Japanese
probably late 1500s
Sheath for a Dagger
800–700 BCE
Sheath for Short Sword
Congo Region, Central African
early 1900s
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Arabian
late 1800s