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Description: | Elbow half of dastana, slightly pointed at cuff and elbow. Three buckles surviving out of four.
Chiselled or etched steel and koftgari. Central reserve with rayed sun at elbow, above kneeling man (archer?), and horned demon. Rectilinear border with Persian(?) inscription in rectangular panels.
Steel arm defence heavily decorated with different floral and pictorial designs with inscriptions chiselled round the border. In the upper part is a representation of a human face in the form of a sun, with an archer underneath it and a demon in the lower part. Four hinges, all in good condition. Faint inscriptions round the edges of the bazuband in Arabic language, barely legible, but probably praising the Sultan and his state:( The Highly Sultan....The greatest....) and the word Sultan is repeated in most of these sections but the rest of the inscriptions are hardly visible. A few rings of medium size butted mail remain attached to the arm guard. The bazuband has been conserved (lab. no. 958). Old label attached: no. T (M) 131 India Dastana.
Accession number: NCM 1993-534/5 | Subjects: | INDIAN armour arms and armour | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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