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Punch dagger
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Punch dagger
- Place of origin:
Lahore, Pakistan (made)
- Date:
19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Steel, damascened with gold
- Museum number:
3450(IS)
- Gallery location:
South Asia, room 41, case 28A
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.
Place of Origin
Lahore, Pakistan (made)
Date
19th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Steel, damascened with gold
Descriptive line
Dagger, with a narrow deeply grooved blade with an armour piercing tip, Sikh, Lahore, 19th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 131
Production Note
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879. A Sikh weapon.
Materials
Steel
Categories
Arms and Armour
Collection code
IND
