Short Sword

51-4-68A

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-4-68A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1935
Section Asian
Materials Steel | Iron | Shark Skin
Technique Filigree | Soldered | Engraved
Description

Short sword. Knife has single edged steel blade with prominent blood gutters; blade edge worn jagged. Quatrefoil iron inverted cup guard below hilt which is in three wide bands -- iron with loops of vertical grooving, sharksin, 4-part iron ornament, each part divided into two vertical panels of relief decoration. Engraved handle. Various degrees of workmanship.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 212 - Other Number

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