‡Ⓜ A WEST INDIAN SHORT HATCHET (AYDA KATTI) WITH TALWAR HILT, 19TH CENTURY

with broad hatchet-shaped blade formed with a sharp curved inner edge, struck on one face with a gold-lined mark, the letters 'oC', the forte widening and filed with a stepped moulding along the back-edge, recessed ricasso, iron hilt of talwar form, with shaped langets, a pair of quillons, and knuckle-guard with monsterhead terminal

38.5 cm; 15 1/8 in blade

A number of Coorg Ayda Katti blades are struck with this mark, including a gold-hilted example made for Ling Rajender Wadeer, Raja of Coorg, dated 1808/10, sold in this room 5th December 2018, lot 57.

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.