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Kora

Sword and Sheath
early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nepal (made)

Sword (kora) with gilt channels, steel hilt and black leather sheath decorated with peacock quills, presented by the Marquis of Hastings, Nepal, early 19th century


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Sword and sheath
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sword
  • Kora
  • Sword Sheath
  • Kora Sheath
TitleKora (popular title)
Brief description
Sword (kora) with gilt channels, steel hilt and black leather sheath decorated with peacock quills, presented by the Marquis of Hastings, Nepal, early 19th century
Dimensions
  • Egerton length: 28in
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
Presented by the Marquis of Hastings, Governor General of India (1813-23) to the East India Company.
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.703
Production
Presented by the Marquis of Hastings, Governor General of India (1813-23) to the East India Company. 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.101
  • Rawson, P.S., The Indian Sword, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968, p.54, fig.39.
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 101, Cat. No. 331
Other numbers
  • 331 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8677-'50 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
2554&A(IS)

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Record createdJune 23, 2004
Record URL
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