Punch Dagger
19th century (made)
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Dagger with steel blade, decorated with v-shaped indents at hilt end. Arm guards and hand-grip damascened with inscriptions in gold. A narrow, deeply grooved quadrangular blade (armour piercing) with a steel hilt and sideguards covered with inscriptions in gold kuftkari.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Steel, damascened with gold |
| Brief description | Dagger, with a narrow deeply grooved blade with an armour piercing tip, Sikh, Lahore, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Dagger with steel blade, decorated with v-shaped indents at hilt end. Arm guards and hand-grip damascened with inscriptions in gold. A narrow, deeply grooved quadrangular blade (armour piercing) with a steel hilt and sideguards covered with inscriptions in gold kuftkari. |
| Credit line | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879 |
| Production | Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879. A Sikh weapon. |
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| Accession number | 3450(IS) |
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| Record created | May 17, 2000 |
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