[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Ceremonial staff or fencing stick # Ceremonial staff or fencing stick Scholars are divided over how people used this piece. The fact that it is richly decorated and mounted with enamel suggests that it was intended for display. It might therefore possibly be a ceremonial staff such as a stick-bearer (chobdar) carried. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1750–1780 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-10-1980](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-10-1980) · Pramāṇa