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# Sword and sheath

For a shamshir, black embossed and pierced leather with green and red colouration in the piercings, Peshawar, North India, 18th century. Formerly 3474 (IS) Ex India Museum. Egerton 659.;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.m-96-1-1949](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.m-96-1-1949) · Pramāṇa