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    Collection Objects
    Indo-Pacific Art

    Sword (Kelewang)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Metal with bone

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2014.8.2
    Culture: 
    Timor
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Scutum (Shield)

    Date: 
    mid-3rd century A.D.
    Medium: 

    Painted wood and rawhide

    Accession Number: 
    1933.715
    Culture: 
    Syrian, Dura-Europos
    Period: 
    Roman
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Halberd Head

    Date: 
    1725–50
    Medium: 

    Wrought iron with yellow and black paint

    Accession Number: 
    1973.138.10
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Powder Horn

    Engraver: William Hovey, American, 1749–1834
    Date: 
    1775
    Medium: 

    Horn, pine, iron, and leather

    Accession Number: 
    1955.33.4
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Small Sword

    Maker: William Cowell, Jr., American, active ca. 1713 - 1761
    Date: 
    1740–50
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1930.1343
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view*
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Sword and Scabbard for Stephen Decatur

    Maker: Liberty Browne, American, 1776–1831
    Honorand: Stephen Decatur, American, 1779–1820
    Date: 
    ca. 1815
    Medium: 

    Gold, steel, and leather

    Accession Number: 
    1994.34.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Sasanian helmet

    Date: 
    3rd century A.D.
    Medium: 

    Iron

    Accession Number: 
    1938.5999.1000
    Culture: 
    Syrian, Dura-Europos
    Period: 
    Roman (3rd century A.D.)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Indo-Pacific Art

    Poison Dart Quiver and Gourd for Flights

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Bamboo and gourd, with coconut shell, animal bone, metal, and glass beads

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2012.30.297
    Culture: 
    probably Kayan
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Indo-Pacific Art

    Ceremonial Sword (Tilan Kemarau)

    Date: 
    early 19th century
    Medium: 

    Steel and wood, with brass inlay, horn, horsehair, rattan, cotton, bark and animal hide

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2012.30.308
    Culture: 
    Iban
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Indo-Pacific Art

    Ceremonial Sword (Mandau)

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Steel and wood, with animal bone, horsehair, rattan, cotton, and stone

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2012.30.564
    Culture: 
    Kayan or Kenyah
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    On view

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