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Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Curved single-edged sword with a brown wooden handle, featuring a gold crossguard. The blade is silver-gray with gold accents and decorative elements. The scabbard is black with gold decorative elements and two small metal rings for attachment. The scabbard's tip and top have gold embellishments, matching the gold details on the sword's handle and blade. The background of the image is a plain white surface.

Artwork details

Date:
hilt and scabbard, 19th century; blade, probably late 18th–early 19th century
Medium:
Steel, gold, horn (rhinoceros), wood, leather
Culture:
Hilt, Turkish or North African; blade, Iranian
Dimensions:
399 × 624 px
Museum record:
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