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Unknown Chinese, Chinese

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collected about 1900

Steel, copper, wood, and cord

Overall: 29 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (75 × 4 × 9 cm)

Overall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Emmet Hay Naylor, Class of 1909

32.2.5108

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Brigadier General William Keith Naylor (1874-1942), in China about 1900; given to his brother, Emmett Hay Naylor (Class of 1909, 1884-1938), Springfield, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1932.

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