"occurrenceID","IRN","Catalog Number","Description","Materials","Cultural Attribution","Time Period","Locality","Continent","Country","Province/State","Accession info","Multimedia URLs" "634efc11-1eea-447b-980e-a118ae91a082","1115652","210392.nosub[1]","sword, sword with an iron blade and a wooden handle covered with brass wire fashioned into rope patterns; the hilt is studded with copper nails - see photo on back of catalog card; Dimensions: L = 49.5 cm; 19 1/2"", The Art of Benin Catalog entry: 330. SWORD. Iron. L. 19 1/2"". Fuller. R.2/71. Sword with an iron blade and a wooden handle covered with brass wire fashioned into rope patterns. The hilt is studded with copper nails. ""Benin. Short sword of the cleaver type. The 'chain' inlay on the handle is ingenious and consists of tiny staples driven into the wood through one another and bent over, the evenness with which it is done is remarkable. From a small collection of old Benin weapons and execution swords. For somewhat similar specimens seeā€”Roth 'Great Benin,"" p. 129, fig. 141, and Pitt-Rivers, p. 74, pi. 37, figs 84-85. 16 March, 1948"" (Fuller).","metal; bronze, metal; brass, metal; copper (nails), wood","Edo","","Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin Kingdom, Benin City: Benin City","","Nigeria","Edo","[2815] Mrs. A. W. F. Fuller (Gift)"," https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/2242/728/CL0000_210392_InMount.JPG|/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png"