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1909.79.30

Sword with S-shaped single-edged steel blade with bifid end. Indo-Muslim iron hilt with disc pommel, covered with floral inlay in ?silver. [LM 05/09/2007]


1909.79.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sword with S-shaped single-edged steel blade with bifid end. Indo-Muslim iron hilt with disc pommel, covered with floral inlay in ?silver. [LM 05/09/2007]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Hamlet and Dulake
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inlaid
Dimensions
Length: max 590 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.79.30 Other numbers: 312
Research and responses

Ref. Rawson, P.S. 1967. The Indian Sword. Indo-Muslim hilt: p.155ff

Search terms: Weapon, Sword