Not currently on display at the V&A

Combination Weapon

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Datia (made)

Dagger and sheath, the dagger can be formed into a pair of scissors, in a green velvet sheath with silver mounts, Datia, 19th century.


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Combination weapon
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dagger
  • Dagger Sheath
Brief description
Dagger and sheath, the dagger can be formed into a pair of scissors, in a green velvet sheath with silver mounts, Datia, 19th century.
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Historical context
Datia was founded in 1626 and became a major manufacturing centre for traditional arms and armour. It was one of the major arsenals dismantled by the British in the 1860's in a major disarmament of the subcontinent post 1857.
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • 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.115
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 115, Cat. No. 482
Other numbers
  • 482 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 7431-'67 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3544:1&:2/(IS)

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Record createdOctober 3, 2003
Record URL
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