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Museum Ulm Projekt zur Aufarbeitung der Bestände aus kolonialen Kontexten [2022.11057]
Chinesisches Schwert (Dao) (Museum Ulm CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Museum Ulm / Michaela Dempf (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Chinese sword (Dao)

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Description

A Chinese sword, so-called dao, with a slight curved, single edged steel blade. A fuller runs on both sides along the blade's spine. On the blade are Chinese characters. The round, flat guard is provided with a metal hook resp. a hanging decive on one side. The wooden handle ends in a metal pommel and is entwisted with a yellow textile cord. The scabbard is made from balsa wood and covered with fish skin(?) that is painted black. The scabbard has metal mounts.

Else Lang-Höhne donated the sword to the Museum of the City of Ulm in 1934.

Material/Technique

Metal, wood, textile, fish skin(?), colour

Measurements

L 90 cm (total), 72 cm (blade)

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