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Red and green wax seals fixed to paper tassels attached to the Declaration of Arbroath.
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Dagger, with a steel blade and hilt of wood covered with white shagreen laced over with silk: Japan
A.1892.21
World Culture
Dagger
Japan, East Asia
Steel, Wood, Shagreen, Silk
