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    "localId": "152235",
    "label": "Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath",
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    "id": "152235",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "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",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.119.b",
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        "Arms and Armor"
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "India, Mughal"
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    "accession": "1985.119.b"
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    "tec": "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.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 51; Mentioned: p. 71, no. 206",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930"
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    "creditline": "Gift of Morris and Eleanor Everett",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:51:57.055000",
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    "dept": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art",
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