A RARE NEPALESE KORA SWORD

An exceptional example intended for both warfare and sacrifice, the hilt with disk guards and profiled pommel. T-backed blade of characteristic form, intricately chiseled in geometrical motifs and superbly inlaid in brass, expanding toward the cusped and obliquely-angled tip and sharpened on the convex edge. Hilt rusted. 17th- 18th century. Light wear. Overall length 69cm. Condition III