Scimitar with Scabbard

Date

late 16th–17th century

Type

Scimitar with scabbard

Medium

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

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Hilt and scabbard, Turkish; Blade, Iranian

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1978.145a, b

Credit

Rogers Fund and Pfeiffer Fund, 1978