{"data": {"id": 147960, "accession_number": "1974.58", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c.1540\u201380. Germany. Steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip; overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Bascom Little Estate, 1974.58", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Hand-and-a-Half Sword", "creation_date": "c.1540\u201380", "creation_date_earliest": 1535, "creation_date_latest": 1585, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Germany"], "technique": "steel; wood, leather, sharkskin grip", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.); Blade: 94.8 cm (37 5/16 in.); Quillions: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); Grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 1.168, "length_inch": 46, "length_inch_fraction": 0.0}, "blade": {"length": 0.948, "length_inch": 37, "length_inch_fraction": 0.3125}, "quillions": {"width": 0.31, "width_inch": 12, "width_inch_fraction": 0.1875}, "grip": {"length": 0.21, "length_inch": 8, "length_inch_fraction": 0.25}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [{"inscription": "on blade: CEA", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null}], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 302084, "title": "Year in Review: 1974", "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).", "opening_date": "1975-03-11T04:00:00"}, {"id": 401015, "title": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)", "description": "<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).", "opening_date": "1993-07-01T04:00:00"}, {"id": 190103, "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation", "description": "<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Bascom Little (1910-1965), Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "-1965", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "Bascom Little Estate, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1965-1974", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1974-", "sortorder": 3}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "If you are looking for this in the armor court, look up; this sword is part of one of the panoply or decorative arrangements on the wall.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "A hand-and-a-half sword is a large sword with a double-edged blade and a long grip that, when necessary, could accommodate both hands to wield it. The grip of this sword is made of sharkskin and has been fitted around a wooden core. 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