id:			112282
accession number:	1930.704.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.704.b
updated:		2023-08-23 19:32:16.999000

Tulwar Sword (case), 1700s. India, probably Deccan. Wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread; overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.704.b

title:				Tulwar Sword (case)
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of S. D. Wright
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culture:	India, probably Deccan
technique:	wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 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

	Samson D. Wright [1866-1938], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1930-
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wall description:
This long curved sword and scabbard are of the kind used and worn by Mughal nobility, as seen often in paintings. The openwork hilt is characteristic of swords from the southern Indian region known as the Deccan. By the end of the 1500s, the Mughals began making regular incursions into the Deccan as they attempted to expand their empire, increasing the exchange of art forms.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Part II. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1930.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 18, no. 2, 1931, pp. 1–128.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 33
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25137366

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