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Description: | Indo Persian sword with a shamshir blade. The blade is of watered steel and may be of Persian manufacture. The handle is ivory and could be European. It was made in the mid-19th century.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn18522
caption: Detail view of hilt of Horniman Museum object no nn18522 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | metal swords (weapons: edged) bone ivory Indo-Persian iron War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-140966 | Go to resource |
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