South Indian spear butt
Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.
A northern katar in southern style
Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.
South Indian chiseled iron katar
A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.
Firaṅgī (फिरंगी)
Literally "foreigner", Hindi term for a European sword mounted in Indian hilt.
Hindu basket hilt
A type of Indian closed hilt design.
Stone-hilted pesh-kabz
A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword
With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.
Wakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.
An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
Ḍhāl (ढाल)
Hindi word for shield.
A Punjabi arm guard
Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.
Koftgarī (کوفت گری)
Persian word for inlay or overlay of precious metal on iron or steel.
A katar with true inlay decoration
Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.
Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
Talwar with Mamluk style blade
In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.
A kirach with hunting scenes
Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.
Oomersee Mawjee
Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.
Talwar hilted shamshir
With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.
Mala (माला)
Hindi for the lap welds seen on swords.
Lahore talwar hilted shamshir
Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.
Silver plated Tanjore spearhead
A large and heavy example with chiseled decor and silver overlaid base.
A fine walking cane from Madras
Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.
Katar with complex ribbed blade
A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.
Khema
Alternate writing for Khēmau, an armorer working at Bundi.
Khēmau (खेमौ)
An armorer working in Bundi from at least 1835 to 1872.
A katar from Bundi
The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.
Chilanam
Alternative spelling for chilanum, a South Indian type of dagger.
Khapwa / Kapwah
An Indian type of dagger.
A gilt katar with spiraled hilt
In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.
Golden Bundi style katar
From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.