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X65.3646 Ceremonial sword with pseudo-Arabic inscriptions

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Object Name: Ceremonial sword with pseudo-Arabic inscriptions

Artist: Unknown

Place of Origin: Sudan

Date/Era: 19th century

Dimensions: L: 70 cm

Medium/Materials: Iron, leather, wood

Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Wellcome Trust.

Accession Number: X65.3646

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Source: Marla C. Berns, World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2014

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