DAGGER called Kard
Indo-Persia, 19th century
Steel, brass, bone
Long. total: 34.4; Long. handle: 9.5cm
(old accident)
The handle is made of two plates of cut bone riveted three times.
The heel of the blade is inlaid with serrated brass. The straight single-edged blade is engraved on a side of vegetal volutes and Arabic inscription.
Wooden scabbard covered with green morocco.
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