Katar Dagger and Scabbard
LNS 222M
Blade of jawhar steel; hilt gold over an iorn core, champleve-enameled; scabbard wood overlaid with green velvet with silk and metal thread trimming; chape of gold, champleve-enameled en suit with the hild
Length of dagger 438 mm; width 91 mm; length in scabbard 468 mm; length of chape 32 mm; width of chape 14 mm
India, probably Mughal, 2nd quarter 17th century AD
Photography by Bruce M. White
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