Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
Unknown Artist
1856–97
Medium
Iron, ivory, silk, wool, cotton, yarn, leather, metal tacks, staples
Dimensions
As Assembled: 53 x 21 x 4 1/4 in. (134.6 x 53.3 x 10.8 cm) Sword: 32 x 5 3/4 x 1 in. (81.3 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm) Sheath: 24 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (61.3 x 18.7 x 3.8 cm)
Classification
Metal-Implements
Culture
Edo peoples
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund and Frederick R. Mebel, Fred and Rita Richman, and Noah-Sadie K. Wachtel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1994
Accession Number
1994.329a, b