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Description: | Heavy two-edged sword with a broad groove running up the centre and a gold inscription in Persian. The hilt is plain and gilded; the pommel has a silver tag at the end; the scabbard is riched embroidered in leather and the ends encased in silver carved in relief in flower patterns. A small damascened knife and silver sheath fit into the upper part of the scabbard. Belt of embroidered leather with silver clasps and buckles. A translation of the Persian inscription shows it belonged to an Ameer of Sind, "Sakar Mir Mahomet Ali Murad Khan Tapur Sahib, 'Bahadur'" who lived in 1848.
Technique: engraving (action)
Technique: gilding
Technique: embroidering
Technique: carving
Technique: damascening
Material: metal
Material: gold
Material: gilt
Material: silver
Material: leather
Material: embroidery
talwar made in India, Asia, 1800-1850, (1910.15.44). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25569 | Go to resource |
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