Tiger Claw-Like Weapon (Bagh Nakh or Bagh Naka)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Nov 1935
name: label: Donor Name
content: P P. Pelton
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Baghnak". This weapon of offense is worn on the fingers and used to eviscerate the enemy. It consists of a wrought iron strip from which protrude five claw-like pointed and sharpened knives; two rings at each end of strip are for insertion of first and little fingers. See p. 87, G. C. Stone - A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor etc, Portland, 1934."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine quality 19th C. Indian Bagh Nakh (also called Bagh Naka) tiger claw-like weapon. Would fit in the palm with the claws fitting under the first knuckle of each finger. An assassins weapon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 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: 136920
label: USNM Number
content: E373770-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hand Weapon