Sword and Scabbard

Date:: 18th–19th century

Culture:: Eastern Tibetan

Medium:: Iron, copper alloy, wood, ray skin, leather, turquoise, coral, glass

Dimensions:: L. with scabbard 38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm); L. without scabbard 36 5/8 in. (93 cm); L. of blade 31 in. (78.7 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); D. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 15.5 oz. (893 g); Wt. of scabbard 15.5 oz. (439.4 g)

Classification:: Swords

Credit Line:: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number:: 36.25.1463a, b

Not on view

George Cameron Stone, New York (until d. November 18, 1935; his bequest to MMA).

La Rocca, Donald J. Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. pp. 146–147, 166, no. 69, ill.

Nickel, Helmut, William Reid, Ian Eaves, Mario Scalini, Claude Gaier, Álvaro Soler Del Campo, Jean-Pierre Reverseau, Jan Piet Pyupe, Donald J. La Rocca, Jeffrey Forgeng, Jonathan Tavares, Dirk H. Breiding, Pierre Terjanian, and Mr. Ronald S. Lauder. The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr, edited by Donald J. La Rocca. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Andrew Mowbray Inc. – Publishers, 2014. pp. 94–95, fig. 2.

La Rocca, Donald J. "An Early Tibetan Text of the Connoisseurship of Swords." In The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Andrew Mowbray Inc. – Publishers, 2014. pp. 94–95, fig. 2.

Timelines
Himalayan Region, 1600–1800 A.D.
South Asia and the Himalayan Region, 1800–1900 A.D.

Department

Arms and Armor (13,531)

Object Type / Material

Arms (9,378)

Cases (1,868)

Copper (9,963)

Copper alloy (19,004)

Coral (409)

Edged weapons (6,996)

Glass (22,605)

Iron (5,507)