Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Machete and scabbard
Object Number:
1909.1a-c
Date:
1880-1898
Medium:
Steel, bone; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/2 x 2 x 1 in. ( 80 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse of blade, near grip: "COLLINS & CO. / HARTFORD / ACERO FINO / CALIDAD / GARANTIZADA / NO. 22" adjacent to emblem of outstretched arm with "LEGITIMUS" inscribed underneath
Description:
Machete with wide, very slightly curved, single-edged steel blade with a narrow groove on obverse and reverse; bone grip; leather scabbard (now in two pieces, b-c) with embossed leaf motif in two parallel bands on obverse and brass tip.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this machete was used during the Spanish-American War by a Cuban volunteer in the Spanish Army.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lyman L. McCarty
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
