Katar
Katar
South India, 17th century
Steel.
Katar of typical South Indian shape, it has a straight double-edged blade with multiple gutters, decorated
with a central scalloped edge reminiscent of a cypress tree. The hilt used
to protect the fist consists of a delicately curved steel plate forming a cat's head at the
end. The typical handle is composed of two vertical scalloped branches,
held by two horizontal tenons adorned with two spheres, allowing a good grip. Visible oxidation.
L. 56 cm
A South Indian katar from the 16th-17th century of the same typology is kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New
York (Inv. N°36.25.904) and published in: Elgood, R. (2004) Hindu Arms and Ritual, Arms and Armour from India 1400-
1685, Netherlands: Eburon Academic Publishers, p. 147, n°15. 4.
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Katar
South India, 17th century
Steel.
Katar of typical South Indian shape, it has a straight double-edged blade with multiple gutters, decorated
with a central scalloped edge reminiscent of a cypress tree. The hilt used
to protect the fist consists of a delicately curved steel plate forming a cat's head at the
end. The typical handle is composed of two vertical scalloped branches,
held by two horizontal tenons adorned with two spheres, allowing a good grip. Visible oxidation.
L. 56 cm
A South Indian katar from the 16th-17th century of the same typology is kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New
York (Inv. N°36.25.904) and published in: Elgood, R. (2004) Hindu Arms and Ritual, Arms and Armour from India 1400-
1685, Netherlands: Eburon Academic Publishers, p. 147, n°15. 4.
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