Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword holster with tassel
Object Number:
Z.2146ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, textile, twine
Dimensions:
Part (holster): 6 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. (16.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm)
Part (tassel): 2 x 18 in. (5.1 x 45.7 cm)
Description:
White leather holster designed to be worn on waist belt; triangular opening for sword; found with red and white (now discolored) tassel attached to long loop of cloth tape.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
