South Asian Edged Weapons
May 2026
These objects are all bladed weapons and daggers from South Asia, primarily India, Nepal, Tibet, and surrounding regions, featuring elaborate hilts and decorative metalwork.
119 objects · 4 institutions
Antennae Sword
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1500–500 BCE
Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
Before 1922
Barbed Spear
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1922
Battle Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1800
Canon
Rijksmuseum
before 1745
Ceremonial knife with sheath
Rijksmuseum
c. 1750 - c. 1800
Combined Walking-Cane, Gun, Pistol, Sword, and Dagger
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–19th century
Curved Dagger (Khanjar) with Ram-Head Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
17th/18th century
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1900s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger (Kard)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Dagger (Katar)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger (Katar)
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Dagger (Katar)
Art Institute of Chicago
17th century
Dagger (Katar)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1852
Dagger (Khanjali)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger (Khanjar) with Sheath
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century
Dagger (Tanto)
Art Institute of Chicago
17th century
Dagger (brown leather case)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger (red velvet case)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger Hilt with Floral Designs
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Dagger and Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Dagger with Brown Leather Case
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Dagger with Lion-Head Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
17th/18th century
Dagger with Tiger-Head Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
18th/19th century
Gun
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1800
Head Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1922
Katar (Stabbing Dagger)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Katar dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Katar with Scabbard
Art Institute of Chicago
17th–18th century
Khanjar dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600s
Khatar
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Knife (Kard) with Battling Elephants, Rhinoceros and Lions on the sheath
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Knife (Kukri)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750–1800
Knife (Kukri)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750–1800
Knife (Mandau) and scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1900
Knife (Piha Kaetta) with Sheath
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Knife (piha-kaetta)
Rijksmuseum
before 1765
Knife Hilt with Deer-Head Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Knife Hilt with Horse-Head Pommel
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Knife or Axe (Kharga)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Knife or Axe (Kharga)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Knife with Jade Handle and Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Knife with Sheath
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Processional Spearhead
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Sabel (kastane)
Rijksmuseum
before 1765
Sabel (kastane)
Rijksmuseum
before 1765
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1918
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s–1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1918
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
Before 1918
Scabbard for Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Scabbard for Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard for Knife (Kukri)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750–1800
Scabbard for Knife or Axe (Kharga)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard for Knife with Jade Handle
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Scabbard for Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Scabbard for Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Schop bij Singalees kanon of Lewuke's kanon
Rijksmuseum
1745
Sheath for a Dagger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600
Silapa Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Silapa Sword (green leather case)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Silapa Sword with Green Leather Case
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Spear
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1922
Spear
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1922
Spear
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1922
Spear with Sheath
Metropolitan Museum of Art
16th–19th century
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1800
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword Buckle
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword Guard with Floral Design
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Sword Hilt
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 100s–200s CE
Sword and Scabbard
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 60 BCE
Sword and Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Sword and Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Sword and Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Sword and Scabbard (scabbard)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Sword and Scabbard (sword)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Sword and Scabbard (sword)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Sword with Scabbard
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century
Sword with scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s
Tulwar Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Tulwar Sword (case)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Tulwar sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1919
Tulwar sword
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Walgeweer (Maha Thuwakkuwa)
Rijksmuseum
c. 1725 - c. 1760
Wooden Scabbard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s