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Dress Sword with belt

blade, German, Solingen; hilt and belt, Portuguese

blade dated 1767; hilt, 1810; belt, 18th century

Congressional Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Peleg K. Dunham (1794–1822)
William Rose Sr., 1783–1856
1817

Dance wand
Santa Cruz Islands
late 19th–early 20th century

Ceremonial ax
China
ca. 500 BCE

Hilt of a Ritual Sword
Tibetan
16th–17th century

ca. 1184–664 B.C.

Dance Wand
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
1890–1900

Ceremonial Ax
Indonesia
ca. 500 BCE–300 CE

Ritual Sword
Tibet
16th–17th century

Dance Wand (Rei)
Sulka people
late 19th–early 20th century

Ceremonial Ax
China
13th–11th century BCE

Dance Wand
Native American (Tlingit)
19th century

Presentation Sword

French

1785

Dance Wand (Manayawi)
Hopi
19th–20th century

Royal Presentation Sword
Thai
18th century

Socket from a Spearhead or a Ceremonial Staff
Tibetan or Mongolian
ca. 1607–17

Dance Wand (Bair)
Tolai people
late 19th–early 20th century

Presentation Sword Honoring Commandant Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934) for His Conduct at Fashoda
Jean-Joseph-Marie-Anatole Marquet de Vasselot
1889

Ceremonial Knife
China

Ceremonial Staff

Japanese

ca. 1615–1868

Bloodletter Handle
Olmec
700–600 BCE

Presentation Sword and Scabbard of Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1814) of the New York Militia
John Targee
ca. 1815–17