E0716: Coin Sword

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0716
Classification Category:
8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Personal Symbol
Materials:
metal
Dimensions:
26 cm L
8 cm W
1.5 cm H
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Source Locality:
China
Description:
Brass-colored coins that around with square centers with either Japanese or Chinese characters on both faces. They are bound to both sides of a metal rod.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)