Dagger

42-30-309

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 42-30-309
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bheel
Provenience India
Date Made ca. 1800
Section Asian
Materials Horn (animal part) | Metal
Technique Engraved | Inlaid
Description

Dagger. Horn, grip and blade in one piece. Blade recurved double-edged tapering to point. Grip widening to flat roughly rectangular pommel. Engraved annulets originally inlayed(?). Prototype of 42-30-342.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number 210 - Collector Number

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