Card/Transcription No.: 582c

582, C. SWORD-STICK
(See 619, A)

Sword-stick, the guard of which has been wrenched away.

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(Scale 1/5)
Diam. 2.15 cents.
Sheet gold
leather and string binding for handle & guard wrenched away.
Sheet gold
Separate band of gold embossed with ornament.
plain dark brown wood
Silver ferrule
Diam. 2.6 cents.
hole pierced through stick
Slot in sheet gold exposing inscription incised on ebony slip let
into stick - the text is filled in with yellow pigment - it
reads: <>

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(?) attachment
The guard, made of thick hide, ribbed and covered with thin sheet
gold (see photo 619, A) and strengthened with gold wire.
Note 619, A belongs to 582, C.