# Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

- Date: second half 16th century
- Medium: Hilt: copper; cast, chased, gilded, and inlaid with rubies. Blade: steel; forged
- Classification: Arms and Armor
- Dimensions: H. 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm)
- Culture: India
- Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2011
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/457730)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/web-large/DP253146.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)