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Description: | North Indian dagger pesh-kabz. The T-section blade is made from wootz (crucible steel with a watered pattern). The hilt is made from 2 pieces of walrus tusk, and the join was originally hidden by a thin band of gilt brass. In its wooden sheath covered with silk velvet and fitted with gilt copper mounts.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 26.11.60/2i | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | walrus ivory ivory daggers (weapons: edged) War- and Peace-making copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-58159 | Go to resource |
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