swords (weapons: edged)

Indian sword, tulwar, the single edge straight blade swollen towards the sharpened roof-shaped tip. The iron hilt has flattened quillons and an integral knuckle bow. This blade shape is not usually associated with this type of hilt, and may be a later “marriage”. The knuckle bow is thin and barely of functional gauge.

North Indian sword fitted with a Nepalese Kora type blade sharpened on the inside edge only. The iron hilt is a conventional tulwar form. Blade 19th-century, the hilt possibly 18th-century.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn18553
Date
18th to 19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 760 mm x 108 mm x 65 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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