The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Katar dagger
1700s
Overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett 1985.119
Location: Not on view
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The ornament on the handle faces up from the perspective of a right-handed user, on all sides.Description
Stabbing daggers called katar were distinctive to India and often worn by soldiers and courtiers, tucked into their belts. Covering the entire handle are tiny scenes of lions and cheetahs hunting deer and buffalo in rocky wooded settings.- ?–1985(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1985–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 51; Mentioned: p. 71, no. 206 www.jstor.org
- Martial Art of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).Artlens Exhibition 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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