Gauntlet Sword "Pata"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1961
name: label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John O. La Gorce
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Gauntlet sword, evolved from Katar (consult: Stone, 484-486). Long straight single edged, European blade. The gauntlet covers the arm almost to the elbow, and has an iron strap hinged to the upper end that goes around the arm. The grip is at a right angle to thte blade. Made of brass. Blade riveted to gauntlet. ... Arabic inscription on gauntlet."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: An uncommon 17th C. Indian pata gauntlet sword. This example follows a known type with a brass or iron gauntlet reinforced on the outside or inside with iron bars, and with a long thin and flexible blade. This example is unusual in having a curved blade, most were wide, thin and flexible. The gauntlet itself is composed of brass and has an inscription in Arabic likely pointing to south India and the Deccan peninsula.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 229198
label: USNM Number
content: E398872-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword