Scimitar with Scabbard

Unknown Artist

late 16th–17th century

Scimitar with Scabbard by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, copper alloy (brass), silver, wood, gold, jade, turquoise, copper

Dimensions

H. with scabbard 42 1/16 in. (106.8 cm); H. without scabbard 40 1/8 in. (101.9 cm); H. of blade 35 in. (88.9 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 4 oz. (1928 g); Wt. of scabbard 2 lb. (906 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

Hilt and scabbard, Turkish; Blade, Iranian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund and Pfeiffer Fund, 1978

Accession Number

1978.145a, b

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