Heavy sacrificial sword with broad hooked end terminating in a button. On each side of the blade is a band of ornamental engraving inlaid with red pigment, and an engraved eye inlaid with red and black pigment and brass. Tooled leather-bound grip with brass collar and copper saucer pommel. [LM 19/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Heavy sacrificial sword with broad hooked end terminating in a button. On each side of the blade is a band of ornamental engraving inlaid with red pigment, and an engraved eye inlaid with red and black pigment and brass. Tooled leather-bound grip with brass collar and copper saucer pommel. [LM 19/11/2007]
Long description: Heavy sacrificial sword with broad hooked end terminating in a button. On each side of the blade is a band of ornamental engraving inlaid with red pigment, and an engraved eye inlaid with red and black pigment and brass. Tooled leather-bound grip with brass collar and copper saucer pommel. A number of nicks near the end of the blade may be the 'mark for each victim' described on the pre-PRM label. [LM 19/11/2007]
Geographical reference: Nepal
Asia > Southern Asia > Nepal; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: ?By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Pigment, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Inlaid, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised, Process Tooled
Dimensions: Length: max 810 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.24.13 PR Cat other PR nos: 1079 PR Cat other PR nos: 997