Sword (talwar)
Culture: Indian
Date: 18th century
Place made:India, Asia
Medium: Steel, iron, and gilding
Dimensions:
h. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm); w. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.201
Provenance: Frances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996
Exhibition History: “A Bridge from East to West: Near Eastern Art from the Frances and Frederick Wilkins Collection,” San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 9, 1995-Feb. 25, 1996
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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