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Description: | Indian “hunting” sword, shamshir shikargar, from Punjab, probably Lahore. The curved single edge blade is chiselled with a procession of stylised animals and hunters all of which are enhanced with gold koftgari decoration. The iron hilt is also decorated with gold koftgari in a pattern strongly associated with Punjab.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1921 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | metal swords War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-74910 | Go to resource |
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