λ A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER AND GOLD-MOUNTED PICHANGATTI DAGGER AND ITS SHEATH
Karnataka, South-Western India, first quarter 20th century

λ A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER AND GOLD-MOUNTED PICHANGATTI DAGGER AND ITS SHEATH IN AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID WOODEN PRESENTATION BOX
Karnataka, South-Western India, first quarter 20th century

Comprising a traditional Pichangatti dagger, with a curved single-edged steel blade, the tip with a crescentic cutting edge, the silver handle with a parcel-gilt rounded pommel embellished with rosettes and three studs on each side, the wooden sheath fitted with plain silver sheets and braided gold bands, on one side a hemispherical commemorative plaque in gold engraved with Coorg Forest Sports Club presented to H. C. Bennett Esq. President, on the latter a gold moon and rosette roundel, and an interlinked short chainlet to wear the dagger on a belt, 29cm long; and a rectangular green velvet-lined wooden presentation box inlaid with a lobed floral ivory medallion engraved in black with the monogram CFSC (Coorg Forest Sports Club), 7cm x 35cm x 14.3cm.

The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no G7KLUD3G.

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Dimensions: the box 7cm x 35cm x 14.3cm