Inventory Please take time to view the items in the Inventory. If there is something in particular you are looking for please get in touch. Search Inventory Tri-Blade Katar #389 Katar-daggers of the type to which this example belongs are characterised by their intricately chiselled and pierced... Qajar Shield #386 A highly unusual shield chased throughout its entire surface with magnificent decorative motifs, including the central... Kulah Khud #384 The steel bowl of this Qajar helmet (or kulah khud) is adorned throughout with winding vine tendrils and stylized... Gilt-Copper Plaques of the Ramayana #383 Each of these five gilt-copper repoussé plaques portrays a scene from the Ramayana (the Hindu epic poem) in... Ceremonial Flail #379 The hilt and shaft of this ceremonial Persian flail are decorated in gold and silver with a variety of decorative... Ottoman Shamshir #378 The rhino-horn grip scales of this superb shamshir have been smoothed and polished to present a fine surface, the dark... Jodphur Tulwar #375 This tulwar’s hilt-form – with its rectangular langets, near-flattened quillons, and centrally swollen grip... Heavy Katar #374 This fine katar is of substantial weight and size. The long side-bars are decorated throughout in gold koftgari with... Chiselled Katar #373 Gold covers the edges and ends of this fine katar’s side-bars, the twin grip-bars formed with swollen centres and... Mother-of-Pearl Trousse #371 This unusual Chinese eating set comprises a knife formed with a slender blade, just in front of which rest a pair of... Silver Piha-Kaetta #370 Though belonging to the same weapon-type as the previous entry in this catalogue, the present example shows the more... Ivory Piha-Kaetta #369 This Kandyan knife (or piha-kaetta) shows an exceptional attention to detail in its carving. The solid ivory grip is... Kard (Straight Dagger) #368 The expert craftsmanship of this dagger’s blade – particularly its ‘Tears of the Wounded’ and... Early South Indian Dagger #365 An important and early South Indian dagger of a specific type virtually unknown to most. Elgood 2004, provides... Salapa (Zafar Takiya) #364 A beautiful Indian sword known as a Salapa, or Zafar Takiya (literally throne of victory). Circa eighteenth... Nair (Nayar) Sword #363 Robert Elgood, the only person to make serious attempts to study South Indian arms (see Hindu Arms and Ritual 2004)... Cuirass #361 A steel cuirass from the armoury of the Nizam of Hyderabad, India, in the European style. The armoury contained a... Indian Matchlock Pistol #360 This finely decorated piece is also a robust one: the hardwood stock, which has developed beautiful, almost translucent... Hooded Katar #359 Sometimes attributed to a larger group of iron katars from the Tanjore Armoury, this hooded katar is a fine example of... Matchu #358 This large and heavy South Indian chopper was probably used for sacrificing medium-sized animals to please the goddess... First1234Last