Large knife, adya katti, with curved blade and hilt of carved horn with an attached plate pommel also made of horn. [SM 01/05/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Large knife, adya katti, with curved blade and hilt of carved horn with an attached plate pommel also made of horn. [SM 01/05/2007]
Long description: Large knife, adya katti, with curved blade and hilt of carved horn with an attached plate pommel also made of horn. [SM 01/05/2007]The blade is single edged with the edge on the inside of the curve. The blade is decorated along the spine with incised cross hatching under the hilt. The grip also has incised crosshatching. The pommel is teardrop shaped and has an incised wavy line around the edge. [SM 01/05/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Kerala Malabar
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Frank Godfrey
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1906
Date collected: Before 1906
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1906
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Animal Horn, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 542 mm, Width: max 130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1906.81.1
Research and responses: Frank Godfrey traded at 50 St Giles from 1898 to 1914, he was described as a antique furniture dealer [AP 17/01/2007]
Adya/Ayudha comes from the Sanskrit word for 'weapon' and katti/kathi in all Dravidian languages refers to 'knife' or 'dagger'. [HH 16/12/2010]

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife

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