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Stabbing daggers called <em>katar</em> were distinctive to India and often worn by soldiers and courtiers, tucked into their belts. Covering the entire handle are tiny scenes of lions and cheetahs hunting deer and buffalo in rocky wooded settings.
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152235
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Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath
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152235
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Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath
description
Stabbing daggers called <em>katar</em> were distinctive to India and often worn by soldiers and courtiers, tucked into their belts. Covering the entire handle are tiny scenes of lions and cheetahs hunting deer and buffalo in rocky wooded settings.
date
1700s
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CC0
language
en
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Q60749438
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Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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India, Mughal
accession
1985.119.b
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wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay
tombstone
Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath, 1700s. India, Mughal. Wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay; overall: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett, 1985.119.b
collection
Indian Art
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
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Reproduced: p. 51; Mentioned: p. 71, no. 206
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Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett
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2026-05-29 07:51:57.055000
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152235
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Indian Art
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wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay
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