South Indian chiseled iron katar
A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.Firaṅgī (फिरंगी)
Literally "foreigner", Hindi term for a European sword mounted in Indian hilt.Hindu basket hilt
A type of Indian closed hilt design.Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard
A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.A very good ul-pihiya
A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.A fine, heavy piha kaetta
Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.Kirichchiya (කිරිච්චය)
Sinhalese word for a type of dagger.Sinhalese kirichchiya
With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.Stone-hilted pesh-kabz
A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.Pesh-kabz (پیش قبض)
Widely used Persian word for a type of dagger.Khātam
Persian word for a type of marquetry work.A parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.A south Indian ankus head
South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword
With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.Wakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.Ḍhāl (ढाल)
Hindi word for shield.Dastānā (दस्ताने)
Hindi word for a type of arm protection.Bāzuband (بازوبند)
Persian word for a piece of lower arm protection.A Punjabi arm guard
Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.Koftgarī (کوفت گری)
Persian word for inlay or overlay of precious metal on iron or steel.A katar with true inlay decoration
Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.Shikārgar
Word used for an Indian sword with hunting scenes.Talwar with Mamluk style blade
In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.Kirach (کرچ)
UrduKirć (किर्च) / kirić (किरिच)
Hindi name for a type of slightly curved sword with concave edged.A kirach with hunting scenes
Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.Indian pata with Solingen blade
With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.Bagh nakh (बाघ नख)
Hindi word for "tiger claw", a clawed weapon held in the palm of the hand.Various Indian arrows
An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.Oomersee Mawjee
Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.A gilt Indian jambiya
With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.Talwar hilted shamshir
With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.Mala (माला)
Hindi for the lap welds seen on swords.Lahore talwar hilted shamshir
Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.Sérapéṅdiya
Sinhalese term for a mythical bird.Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné
With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.Sinhalese ul-pihiya
A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.Silver plated Tanjore spearhead
A large and heavy example with chiseled decor and silver overlaid base.Ramree veteran khukurī
Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.The khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.Wootz
Description
Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern
Kaḷas-daṉgaya.
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that consists of a mesh-like pattern with floral elements. Also called koḷa vẹla.Koḷa vẹla
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that consists of a mesh-like pattern with floral elements. Also called kaḷas-daṉgaya.Tani binduva (තැනි බින්දුව)
A Sinhalese decorative motif in lacquer that consists of simple diamond shapes.Bō-koḷa
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that resembles the leaf of a sacred fig tree.Dẹla
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that consists of a mesh of lines resembling a net.Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description
An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible rattan.