knife;
knife-sheath
- Museum number
- As1982,11.6.a-b
- Description
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Afghan knife (peshkabz or choora) with a straight single-edged steel blade which tapers from the hilt to a sharp point. The steel runs through the spine of the hilt, which is clad with ivory (or bone?) with a projection at the grip side of the pommel. The blade is decorated on the top and on the spine of the hilt with gilding and lightly incised and punched floral designs and includes a signature ('Nur Salim') and date (1940). The sheath is made of wood clad in metal (silver alloy?) with narrow curved tip includes a signature ('Nur Shah') and date (indecipherable). The metal sheath is covered in punched and stamped floral decoration and panels of zig zag lines and with several red enamalled markings.
- Production date
- 1940 (knife)
- Dimensions
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Length: 31 centimetres (knife a)
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Length: 33 centimetres (sheath b)
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Width: 4.30 centimetres (knife a)
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Width: 5.50 centimetres (sheath b)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For similar examples see, Anthony C. Tirri, 'Islamic Weapons: Maghrib to Moghul', Indigo Publishing, 2003, pp.244-246.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Acquisition notes
- HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester? (i.e. Second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; Trustee of the British Museum).
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1982,11.6.a-b
