A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL) Lot n° 47

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MALABAR COAST, with curved crescentic blade formed with a fuller along the back-edge and moulded point, sharp inner edge, engraved iron disc guard with scalloped border, broad tapering knuckle-guard with border en suite and formed with a sharp point on the outside towards the base, recurved bud-shaped finial, two-piece grip formed of a broad iron basal ferrule and carved angular hardwood, the latter rising to a brass-bound elliptical pommel with three concentric washers with scrolling terminals, 56.5 cm overall¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C100.¦¦Another example is preserved in the Mysore Palace Armoury, see Talwar 1994, p. 19.¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦