Katar (Stabbing Dagger)
1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Katar (Stabbing Dagger), 1700s. India, Mughal. Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett 1985.119.a The ornament on the handle faces up from the perspective of a right-handed user, on all sides.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade
- Dimensions
- Overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.119.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett
- Exhibitions
- Art and Stories from Mughal India, Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation, Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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