Smallsword

Medium

Steel, gold, silver

Dimensions

L. 38 3/4 in. (98.4 cm); L. of blade 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1 oz. (481.9 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

hilt, possibly India; blade, possibly European

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926

Accession Number

26.145.337