E0717: Coin Sword

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0717

Classification Category:

8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Personal Symbol

Materials:

metal

Dimensions:

14 cm L
5.5 cm W

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:

Circular design of overlapping coins bound together with string. Chinese or Japanese characters on both sides of the of the coins.

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