Scimitar with Scabbard

late 16th–17th century

Date

late 16th–17th century

Culture or place

Hilt and scabbard, Turkish; Blade, Iranian

Medium

Steel, copper alloy (brass), silver, wood, gold, jade, turquoise, copper

Size

H. with scabbard 42 1/16 in. (106.8 cm); H. without scabbard 40 1/8 in. (101.9 cm); H. of blade 35 in. (88.9 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 4 oz. (1928 g); Wt. of scabbard 2 lb. (906 g)

Type

Swords

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed