Not on display

Dagger and Sheath

18th century or 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Vizianagaram (made)

Punch dagger and sheath patani jamdadu, with a ribbed, forged steel blade and silvered hilt and faded purple velvet sheath with silver mounts, Vizianagaram, 18th or 19th century

Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Dagger and sheath
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dagger
  • Dagger Sheath
Brief description
Punch dagger and sheath patani jamdadu, with a ribbed, forged steel blade and silvered hilt and faded purple velvet sheath with silver mounts, Vizianagaram, 18th or 19th century
Gallery label
(pre 1993)
Dagger patanee jamdadoo: ribbed blade springing from applied stylised leaf-bud motif, hilt roughly silvered, cross pieces 2 ovate beads, sheath purple velvet faded to buff colour, silver mounts; Vizianagram.
3204 I.S.
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.715
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 116, Cat. No. 512
  • 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.116
Other number
512 - Egerton Catalogue Number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3204&A(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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