Weapon
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel
Measurements
110 mm (Width) x 50 mm (Depth); 96 mm (Length)
Place of origin
India
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328968
Summary
Tiger's claw weapon (bagh nakh) used in the palm of the hand. Length of steel that has a fixed loop at each end for fingers, with five slim lengths of curved and sharpened steel attached to the length of the body. Two knife blades underneath fold out. Indian.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.