Scimitar with Scabbard
Unknown Artist
late 16th–17th century
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
Rights
Public Domain