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Description: | Shan Crow Sword used by / Shan soldiers only
Sword in sheath. Iron-bladed sword with a wooden handle carved in the shape of a bird's head with a long beak. The wooden sheath has brass fittings, and is carved with bird wings. A length of red cord is wrapped around the top of the sheath.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1689 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | brass (alloy) wood swords (weapons: edged) sheaths (weapons: accessories) silver Shan cord iron War- and Peace-making copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-120730 | Go to resource |
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