Ritual Dagger with Narasimha, Hanuman, and Birds Motif

Medium: Brass and steel

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:17th century?

Dimensions: length: 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 2021.1.30

Catalogue Description:
Dagger with brass handle. Figures of Narasimha (Vishnu's man-lion avatar) above Hanuman (monkey general to Rama) appear on the hand guard, flanked by parrots with a kirtimukha (hungry demon face) where the handle meets the blade.

Brooklyn Museum