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Description: | North Indian dagger pesh kabz with a curved single edge tapered blade. The hilt is made from sections of applied mother-of-pearl secured by red and black lac employed decoratively; the pommel is formed from 2 pieces of bowenite (a mineral similar to jade, but softer). It is contained in its leather-covered wooden sheath.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 7.3.66/7 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood hide sheaths stone knives mother of pearl iron | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-79597 | Go to resource |
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