Sword
Item number 2516/11 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Long curved sword with decorated brass handle. Blade shows part of a maker's mark near handle and is largely tarnished with an oily residue near the hilt. Brass hilt is cross-shaped with a design all around handle area and a round, hollow, bowl-like sphere with a small metal protrusion at the very top. The scabbard is dark brown wood with 9 silver bands of various widths around it - the widest at the bottom. All silver bands are covered in floral and geometric designs with twisted coil borders. Most are loose fitting and seem to have folded paper or card stuck underneath to tighten them.
Item History
- Made in Sarawak, Malaysia
- Collected between 1957 and 1968
- Owned by Dana Mullen
- Owned by Vernon W. Mullen before January 2, 2001
- Received from Vernon W. Mullen (Donor) on January 2, 2001
What
- Name
- Sword
- Identification Number
- 2516/11 a-b
- Type of Item
- sword
- Material
- belian wood, steel metal, silver metal, brass metal ?, fibre, paper ? and grass
- Overall
- height 4.8 cm, width 11.0 cm, depth 82.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sarawak, Malaysia
Who
- Culture
- Bidayuh
- Previous Owner
- Dana Mullen and Vernon W. Mullen
- Received from
- Vernon W. Mullen (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1957 and 1968
- Ownership Date
- before January 2, 2001
- Acquisition Date
- on January 2, 2001
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2516/0011 a-b
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