ID: 700000311 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000311	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Dagger with Scabbard (dagger (weapon); unknown Mughal; dates from the reign of Empero...; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1984.332)

Note: The hilt of the dagger is constructed of heavy sections of gold over an iron core and its scabbard mounts are of solid gold. All the intricately engraved surfaces are set with gems and colored glass finely cut with floral forms. The designs closely parallel those in Mughal painting of the early seventeenth century, suggesting the dagger dates from the reign of Emperor Jahangir (1605–27), whose deep love of nature, especially flowers, is well documented in his memoirs, the "Tuzuk." The blade is forged of watered steel.

Titles:

Dagger with Scabbard (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Mughal Dagger (C,U,D,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

dagger (weapon) [300037058] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, edged weapons)

scabbard [300037139]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, cases (containers), sheaths (cases))

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

utilitarian objects

Indian art

Creation Date: dates from the reign of Emperor Jahangir (1605/1627)

Creator Display:

unknown Mughal [preferred,VP]

artist unknown Mughal (Mughal cultural designation) [500203874]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1984.332

Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1984

Other: Creation: Bhārat [7000198] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Steel, iron, gold, rubies, emeralds, glass, wood, textile

	gold (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

	ruby (mineral) [300011082]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, corundum)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	iron (metal) [300011002]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>)

	emerald (mineral) [300011074]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, beryl)

	textile materials [300231565]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: L. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); L. without scabbard 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm); L. of grip 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); L. of blade 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); W. of grip 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); L. of scabbard 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

Mughal

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	floral pattern [300010135]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Dagger with Scabbard	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 12 February 2018, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24907
Mughal Dagger	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 30 April 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24907

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 12 February 2018