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Sword

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nepal (made)

Sword with a long, straight, double-edged blade widening towards the point and strengthened with raised gilt steel supports Arms. Egerton 333.


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Sword
Materials and techniques
Forged steel with gilt supports
Brief description
Sword with a long, straight, double-edged blade widening towards the point and strengthened with raised gilt steel supports, Ancient Nepal, 17th century
Physical description
Sword with a long, straight, double-edged blade widening towards the point and strengthened with raised gilt steel supports Arms. Egerton 333.
Dimensions
  • Taken from egerton length: 39in
  • Taken from egerton width: 2in
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
Presented to the East India Company Museum by Sir Jung Bahadur. Transferred to the South Kensington museum in 1879
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.700
Production
Presented to the East India Company Museum by Sir Jung Bahadur. Transferred to the South Kensington museum in 1879
Association
Bahadur, Jung (Sir, Maharaja)
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 101, Cat. No. 333
  • Rawson, P.S., The Indian Sword, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968, p.36, fig.9.
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.101
Other numbers
  • 333 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8793-'55 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3067(IS)

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Record createdJune 23, 2004
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