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Scimitar with Scabbard
18th century
steel, gilded silver, horn, wood, leather, cotton, silver thread
Cartouches containing Nasta'liq inscriptions; below handle, roundels with the name of Allah and Basmala; tughra in 2 places on scabbard
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 40 3/16 x 37 7/8 in. (102 x 96.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, by 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.31