Curved Sword and Matching Scabbard Mounts

Unknown Artist

possibly 15th–16th century; blade 18th–19th century

Curved Sword and Matching Scabbard Mounts by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, iron, gold, wood, ray skin

Dimensions

H. 40 in. (101.6 cm); H. of blade 34 1/4 in. (87 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 11.5 oz. (1233.2 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

hilt and scabbard mounts, Tibetan; blade, Indian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001

Accession Number

2001.163.1, .2a–c

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