Symbolic doctor's sword

Made:: 1801-1900 in Japan

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Symbolic doctor's sword
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Symbolic doctor's sword, wooden baton representing sword in scabbard, has no blade, with decorative inlaid metalwork and onlaid peacocks and leaves, Japanese, 1801-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A64320

Materials:: complete, wood (unidentified), silver (metal) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 46 mm x 418 mm x 30 mm, .27kg

type:: ceremonial sword

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