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Name: Ax (Weapon and military equipment)|Title: bladed ax (bhuj, kutti) decorated with an elephant and lion

Title	Name: Ax (Weapon and military equipment)\|Title: bladed ax (bhuj, kutti) decorated with an elephant and lion
Publication Date:	date of the legs: 1922
Publication Place	Gujarat (state) (Indian subcontinent->India) (?); Sindh (province) (Indian subcontinent->Pakistan) (?) - Etat
Subject	Material: Composite\|Material/Technique: Metal (iron alloy), gold damascened decoration - Rothschild inventory notebook: "Gold damascened iron mahout ax, spiral handle, two beast heads. On the blade, bouquets of flowers. India, early 19th century, L. 0.64".\|One of the two names of this weapon, bhuj, is that of a city in Kuchch (Gujarat). Weapon often called "elephant dagger" because it is generally decorated with an elephant's head at the base of the blade, but is not linked to the control of elephants. Often the handle is hollow, the end unscrews and hides a dagger or knife.\|Lost its sheath.
Type	Other
Language	ar
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Longueur : 64,2 cm ; Largeur : 5 cm ; Poids : 0,958 kg
Library:	Musee du Louvre
Library Asset ID	14151
Record ID	cl010330702
Library Location	not exposed
Date	18th century; 19th century (1700 - 1900)
Notes	legs
Sample Text	Rothschild inventory notebook: "Gold damascened iron mahout ax, spiral handle, two animal heads. On the blade, bouquets of flowers. India, early 19th century, L. 0.64".\|One of the two names of this weapon, bhuj, is that of a town in Kuchch (Gujarat). Weapon often called "elephant dagger" because it is generally decorated with an elephant's head at the base of the blade, but is not linked to the control of elephants. Often the handle is hollow, the end unscrews and hides a dagger or knife.\|Lost its sheath.

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Name: Ax (Weapon and military equipment)|Title: bladed ax (bhuj, kutti) decorated with an elephant and lion

Publication Date date of the legs: 1922

Publication Place Gujarat (state) (Indian subcontinent->India) (?); Sindh (province) (Indian subcontinent->Pakistan) (?) - Etat

Subject Material: Composite|Material/Technique: Metal (iron alloy), gold damascened decoration - Rothschild inventory notebook: "Gold damascened iron mahout ax, spiral handle, two beast heads. On the blade, bouquets of flowers. India, early 19th century, L. 0.64".|One of the two names of this weapon, bhuj, is that of a city in Kuchch (Gujarat). Weapon often called "elephant dagger" because it is generally decorated with an elephant's head at the base of the blade, but is not linked to the control of elephants. Often the handle is hollow, the end unscrews and hides a dagger or knife.|Lost its sheath.

Type Other

Language ar

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Longueur : 64,2 cm ; Largeur : 5 cm ; Poids : 0,958 kg

Library Musee du Louvre

Library Asset ID 14151

Record ID cl010330702

Library Location not exposed

Date 18th century; 19th century (1700 - 1900)

Notes legs

Sample Text Rothschild inventory notebook: "Gold damascened iron mahout ax, spiral handle, two animal heads. On the blade, bouquets of flowers. India, early 19th century, L. 0.64".|One of the two names of this weapon, bhuj, is that of a town in Kuchch (Gujarat). Weapon often called "elephant dagger" because it is generally decorated with an elephant's head at the base of the blade, but is not linked to the control of elephants. Often the handle is hollow, the end unscrews and hides a dagger or knife.|Lost its sheath.