id:			99989
accession number:	1919.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.54
updated:		2025-02-08 22:47:15.520000

Tulwar sword, before 1919. India. Iron with gold inlay; steel blade; overall: 81.3 cm (32 in.); blade: 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.54

title:				Tulwar sword
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creation date:			before 1919
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1918
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	India
technique:	iron with gold inlay; steel blade
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 81.3 cm (32 in.); Blade: 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Theodore Offerman [c. 1873–1937], New York, NY, consigned to the American Art Association for sale
	date: ?–1919
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	(American Art Association, New York, NY, Theodore Offerman Collection sale, February 7–8, 1919, cat. no. 205, sold to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance)
	date: February 7–8,1919
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	John L. [1863–1936] and Elisabeth Huntington DeWitt Severance [1865–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1919
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1919–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	American Art Association, New York. <em>Ancient Arms and Weapons and Accoutrements</em>. 7–8 February 1919.
	page number: 	lot no. 205
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	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 120-121, E77
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n182

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