A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (MOPLAH) Lot n° 50

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (MOPLAH), MALABAR COAST, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, with broad double-edged slightly curved blade of flattened-diamond section widening toward the tip, tapering steel socket formed with four raised moulded collars, carved hardwood grip with scrolling terminal and flat sides, the latter applied with a shaped brass plaque on each face, in its painted wooden scabbard decorated with foliage on a red ground, with leather belt (incomplete) and iron buckle, 56.5 cm overall¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D36. ¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦