Sword

Description

Sword of iron with blade and hilt forged in one piece, the crossguard covered by white metal tubes and tufts of horse hair: Assam, Angami Nagas or Garo Nagas

Museum reference

A.1896.100

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Sword

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Angami Naga
Garo Naga

Materials

Iron, White metal, Horsehair

Physical description

Iron; crossguard covered by white metal tubes and tufts of horsehair

References

Wilbraham Egerton, An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms, London 1880, p. 84 fig. 19 (no. 199.T), p.90 no. 199T

P.S. Rawson, The Indian Sword, Copenhagen 1967, p.116 fig. 46