Sword
1750-1800 (made)
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Sword and sheath sosun pattah with a dark fine crystalline watered steel blade, the hilt N W India, the blade probably Turkish, 18th century
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Sword and sheath sosun pattah with a dark fine crystalline watered steel blade, the hilt N W India, the blade probably Turkish, 18th century |
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| Credit line | Given by Lord Kitchener |
| Object history | Given by the Rt. Hon. Earl Kitchener of Khartoum As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.708 |
| Bibliographic reference | Rawson, P.S., The Indian Sword, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968, p.18, fig.1. |
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| Accession number | IS.228&A-1964 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2007 |
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