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Case: 9.5 x 2.75 (not incl. strings) Dimension:W:1.125in L:10.500in
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Metal knife with wooden handle. Leather case with leather straps on either end of the top, and multicolored glass beading on front side of case. "Montagnais - Naskapi" is marked on box and label inside box.
Presented with the papers of Frank Gouldsmith Speck (APS Library).
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Dimension:W:0.563in L:6.000in Widest point
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Dimension:W:0.938in L:29.500in Widest point
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Seven metal-tipped arrows. Triangular arrow heads with holes in center and sharpened edges. Marked as originating with "Miami Indians."
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Dimension:W:2.000in L:41.250in Dia:3.250in
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Dimension:L:36.875in In sheath: 37.125
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Ceremonial sword sheathed in scabbard. Gold and white-colored metal is inscribed with "Fletcher Webster Secretary of Legation / to / Elisha Kent Kane Physician to the U.S. Embassy to China" on verso near hilt. A shield is welded to the scabbard on the obverse, near the hilt. The three-sided blade is engraved with sunbursts and floral arrangements. Engraved on the widest side of the blade, starting from the hilt, are a sunburst, geometric patterns, the signature "N.P. Ames / Cutler / Springfield," and an urn of flowers. One side of the crossguard is hinged, and the other side is wave-shaped and adorned with a bas-relief eagle and stars. The hilt is also decorated with stars and arrows, and the grip is a coiled snake, whose head rests on the pommel.
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Dimension:W:5.000in L:13.250in
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Flintlock pistol, fitted with brass trigger guard, lion head mask butt plate, and inlaid brass escutcheon plate on the grip. Made by T. Hughes, Cork, Ireland, 1710-1730.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Medal, Commemorative
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Dimension:H:3.875in W:2.750in D:0.188in
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Obverse: full portrait of Athena with shield bearing image of Medusa.
Reverse: classical structure, torch, olive wreath, and owl; "EKATONTAETHPI[sigma] [gamma]ANE[gamma]I[sigma]THMIOY A[theta]HN[omega]N" under structure and "1837" on left, "1937" on right. Stamped on bottom edge: "BRONZE".