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Tulwar Sword (case)

1700s
wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread
Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.)
Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.704.b
Location: not on view
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Description

This long curved sword and scabbard are of the kind used and worn by Mughal nobility, as seen often in paintings. The openwork hilt is characteristic of swords from the southern Indian region known as the Deccan. By the end of the 1500s, the Mughals began making regular incursions into the Deccan as they attempted to expand their empire, increasing the exchange of art forms.
Tulwar Sword (case)

Tulwar Sword (case)

1700s

India, probably Deccan

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