Identifier:
2001.68.146a-b
Description:
Tapering steel sword with leather-covered crosspiece and handle, and pointed round pommel with brass and copper overlay. The sword is accompanied by a wine-red leather scabbard decorated with sea green trim, hand-tooled geometric designs, and a metal endcap.;This material is part of a large collection intended to document the traditional nomadic lifestyles and material culture of 4 tribes: Lapp or Sami, Tuareg, Wodaabe, and Kazak, 'at the turn of the Millenium'. They will enhance the Museum's extensive ethnographic holdings of cultural materials from this part of the world. They will also be used to mount the Public Museum's own temporary version of the original 'Nomads' exhibition. The accompanying video material creates a context for the artifacts, explaining the hardships the nomads face as their traditional ways of life collide with the sedentary people surrounding them.;This material was collected from unknown tribal members in their countries around 1991 and 1992 by Francois Tremblay of the Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec. It was imported to Canada, cataloged, and put on exhibition in 'Nomads'. Some of the material was put into storage until the Musee de la Civilisation no longer wished to pay this expense. It was then offered to any museum that would pay for the shipping. I heard of the opportunity from Michael Stafford, former PMGR intern and current Curator of Anthropology at Cranbrook Institute of Science, and pursued the matter with Francois Tremblay. The original collection and exhibition included a fifth group, the Montagnais (Innu) people of northern Quebec, but this material was transferred instead to a Montagnais museum in Quebec.
Materials:
Leatherwork, Hand Forged, Steel, Leather, Cardboard, Wood
Dimensions:
40.75" h 1" w 1.75" d
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 1
Source:
Gift Of Quebec, Canada The Musee De La Civilisation
Related Entity:
Musee de la Civilisation (donor)
