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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daggers & Knives Bladed Weapon Historical bladed weapons including swords, daggers, knives, and other edged weapons. Overall Length 12 inches Overall Width 2 5/8 inches Hilt Length 5 1/16 inches Blade Length 6 15/16 inches Weight 14 1/4 ounces Blade Material Steel Guard Material Bronze Hilt Material Bronze Blade Type Quillon Condition One excavated, one intact with scabbard Provenance One excavated from Port Royal Sound area in 1960s, one from private collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Two French Military Officer Daggers, Circa 1560 Subject The topic of the resource French weapons; Military daggers; Archaeological finds; South Carolina artifacts; 16th century arms; Charlesfort; Santa Elena; Bronze daggers; Port Royal Sound artifacts Description An account of the resource The bronze hilts of two daggers are shown at the right. They are almost identical, but it's likely that the one on the left side of the photo spent most of the last 450 years buried in South Carolina near Port Royal Sound. It was unearthed by Jack Williams in the early 1960s. The other he purchased from a private collection over a decade later. This second dagger still has its original scabbard. Williams believed that the excavated dagger came from the French settlement of Charlesfort, or from the Spanish occupation that followed called Santa Elena. Both daggers have cast bronze hilts with steel blades. The period clothing and armor of the French officer that forms each hilt indicates their origin. The officer is leaning on matchlock, his left hand wrapped around its muzzle. His right hand rests on a dagger in a leather carry which was called a frog. Below the frog hangs a pouch to hold balls and cloth patches, a large flask to hold priming powder, and several small flasks to hold premesured single charges. The scabbard is also of cast bronze with classical motifs in high relief. Ornate designs like these would have been expensive, so the daggers must have belonged to men who were well off. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown craftsperson, French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a></a>(1) <a href="http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/sciaa/staff/depratterc/chas1.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The History of Charlesfort, University of North Carolina, The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and The Institute for Southern Studies</a> <a></a>(2) <a href="http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/sciaa/staff/depratterc/hstory1.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Santa Elena History, see the First and Second Spanish Occupations, University of South Carolina, The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and The Institute for Southern Studies</a> <a></a>(3) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UE090C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000UE090C&linkCode=as2&tag=weapocolle-20">Powder Horns in the Southern Tradition, see Plate III on page 11, Museum of Florida History (1985), Powder Horns Exhibit Team Curator: Patricia R. Wickman</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available weaponscollector.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1560 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frederick Eugene Williams III (known as Jack Williams), Collector Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © weaponscollector.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Attribution required: "From the F.E. Williams III Collection at weaponscollector.com Relation A related resource The F.E. Williams III Collection of Antique Firearms Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource United States English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Images; Artifact Documentation Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 111-0012 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Temporal: 16th Century Spatial: Port Royal Sound, South Carolina 16th Century French