**AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM) FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL,
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**AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM) FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with recurved double-edged blade swelling towards the tip, shaped ricasso pierced with a pair of slots and a pair of circular holes, retaining traces of punched ornament (rubbed), integral iron hilt formed with a central moulding, symmetrical pommel formed of a pair of horns of inverted T-section, and moulded bud-shaped finial
29.5 cm; 11 5/8 in blade
A dagger of related form is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.25.751). See Elgood 2004, p. 179.
with recurved double-edged blade swelling towards the tip, shaped ricasso pierced with a pair of slots and a pair of circular holes, retaining traces of punched ornament (rubbed), integral iron hilt formed with a central moulding, symmetrical pommel formed of a pair of horns of inverted T-section, and moulded bud-shaped finial
29.5 cm; 11 5/8 in blade
A dagger of related form is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 36.25.751). See Elgood 2004, p. 179.
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**AN INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM) FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL,
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