| Object Number | 51-4-68A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Steel | Iron | Shark Skin |
| Technique | Filigree | Soldered | Engraved |
| Description | Short sword. Knife has single edged steel blade with prominent blood gutters; blade edge worn jagged. Quatrefoil iron inverted cup guard below hilt which is in three wide bands -- iron with loops of vertical grooving, sharksin, 4-part iron ornament, each part divided into two vertical panels of relief decoration. Engraved handle. Various degrees of workmanship. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 212 - Other Number |
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