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Source 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.
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152233
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Katar dagger
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152233
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object
title
Katar dagger
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
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q60761146
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Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
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India, Mughal
accession
1985.119
Source extras
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Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay
tombstone
Katar dagger, 1700s. India, Mughal. Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay; overall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett, 1985.119
collection
Indian Art
didYouKnow
The ornament on the handle faces up from the perspective of a right-handed user, on all sides.
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
creditline
Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett
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2026-05-29 07:51:59.748000
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152233
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Indian Art
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Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlay
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