A chiselled Southern Indian pata, Tanjore, 17th/18th century Long, double-edged blade riveted between two guiding languets cut with floral decoration. Openwork gauntlet hilt chiselled with floral and monster designs and terminating in a roped flange. Replacement grip bar and movable forearm loop. Surfaces somewhat pitted. Length cm historic, historical, 18th century, thrusting, thrustings, hand weapon, hand weapons, melee weapon, melee weapons, handheld, blade, blades, weapon, arms, weapons, arms, object, objects, stills, clipping, clipping, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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Size: 1345px × 5238px
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Photo credit: © INTERFOTO / History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 18th, arms, blade, blades, century, chiselled, clipping, clippings, cut, cut-, cut-outs, double-edged, hand, handheld, indian, long, melee, object, objects, pata, southern, stills, tanjore, thrusting, thrustings, weapon, weapons