Sword
32-47-35A
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 32-47-35A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Mongolian |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Steel | Metal | Leather | Brass |
| Technique | Carved | Embossed |
| Description | Sword. Steel blade. Metal grip. Leather bound. Disassociated pieces joined together. Throat piece is especially good quality and workmanship. Embossed Mongolian workmanship. Guigong, carved devil work is characteristic of Tibetan work. |
| Credit Line | Academy of Natural Science / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
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