Forgotten Gallery · Arms & Armour
Sword
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Five objects off display, chosen for · from the archive
Sword
late 18th century · Japan
Companion sword (wakizashi), Japan, late 18th century. Fuchi signed Kanenori.
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Sword
Unknown · Assam
Sword <i>dao</i> steel buffalo horn, Assam
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Sword
Unknown · Thailand
Sword <i>dha</i>, decorated with a geometric pattern, steel ivory silver, Thailand
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Sword
Unknown · 19th century · Kodagu
Broad single-edged chopping blade with a carved ivory hilt with a broad counter-guard, Kodagu, mid 19th century.
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Sword
Unknown · ca. 1840 · Sindh
Arms, steel, Sind, ca. 1840
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