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Description: | Delhi knife with a blade tapering finely to a point of the finest Damascus steel with the bars known as Mahomet's ladder running up it. Hilt of engraved silverwork. Handle of solid ivory. Scabbard of shagreen leather with silver mounts richly engraved with floral patterns.
Technique: engraving (action)
Material: steel
Material: silver
Material: ivory
Material: shagreen
Delhi knife made in India, Asia, (1910.15.95). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25686 | Go to resource |
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