A unique exhibit of weapons spanning more than 9,000 years ends Sept. 19.

The exhibit at the University of Nebraska State Museum on the third floor of Morrill Hall features artifacts from the museum's extensive collection of weapons that have been used for defense, survival and ceremony.

Visitors can examine the technology and cultural influences found in weapons used throughout time and across the world, from 13th-century Samurai swords to World War I automatic weapons.

Objects on display include prehistoric stone arrow points used in the Great Plains, Amazonian blow guns and darts, Zulu hunting spears, Japanese and Samoan armor, and Middle Eastern, Asian and Western firearms.