Not on display

Two-Handed Sword

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

Two-handed sword Mel Puttah Bemoh steel with silk tassles, Vizianagaram, 19th century

Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Two-handed sword
Brief description
Two-handed sword Mel Puttah Bemoh steel with silk tassles, Vizianagaram, 19th century
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
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. 83, Cat. No. 134
  • 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.83
Other number
134 - Egerton Catalogue Number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
2802(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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