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Sword

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Sword with an Indian hilt with knucklebow, steel iron and silver


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Forged steel, iron and silver
Brief description
Sword with an Indian hilt with knucklebow, steel iron and silver
Physical description
Sword with an Indian hilt with knucklebow, steel iron and silver
Object history
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.718
Bibliographic reference
Rawson, P.S., The Indian Sword, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968, p.45, fig.21.
Collection
Accession number
IS.71-1884

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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