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Elephant Sword

Elephant Sword. Culture: Indian. Dimensions: L. 24 in. (61.2 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 3 oz. (2362 g). Date: 15th-17th century. Elephants were used in warfare in India for approximately a thousand years. In addition to armor, war elephants sometimes were equipped with swords, also called tusk swords, which are pairs of blades specially designed to be attached to their tusks. Although hundreds, possibly thousands of elephant swords may have existed in the past, only four pairs and this single example are known to survive today.
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Title:
Elephant Sword
Caption:
Elephant Sword. Culture: Indian. Dimensions: L. 24 in. (61.2 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 3 oz. (2362 g). Date: 15th-17th century. Elephants were used in warfare in India for approximately a thousand years. In addition to armor, war elephants sometimes were equipped with swords, also called tusk swords, which are pairs of blades specially designed to be attached to their tusks. Although hundreds, possibly thousands of elephant swords may have existed in the past, only four pairs and this single example are known to survive today.
Technique/material:
Iron or steel
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4315 x 2517 px | 31.1 MB
Print size:
36.5 x 21.3 cm | 14.4 x 8.4 in (300 dpi)
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