Sword

Unidentified Spanish Colonial maker

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late 17th century

Steel, iron, wood, sharkskin, and brass

Overall: 31 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (79 × 4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W

40.4.16317

Geography

Place Found: Honduras, Central America

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Victor Macomber Cutter (1881-1952), Honduras, early 1900's and Florence Edith deJongh Cutter (1885-1957); given to present collection, 1940.

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