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African Sword and Sheath

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AF 3364 (ACP 1267c) side B Before Treatment
​OBJECT Sword and sheath

MATERIAL(S) Sword: ferrous alloy, tropical hardwood (est.), copper and ferrous wire; Sheath: vegetable-tanned sheep or goat skin, raw hide, softwood (est.) splints, paper, and textile fragments

PROVENANCE Pre-1912 from Africa, likely the Sudan

DIMENSIONS Sword: L 60.3 cm; W 8.6 cm; Sheath: L 46.7 cm; W 7 cm

OWNER University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology AF 3364

TREATMENT DATE Sept. 2008 - Jun. 2009

TREATMENT SUMMARY Surface cleaning, corrosion reduction, leather consolidation and stabilization, loss compensation of leather sheath with faux leather insert

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