12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteLead
Cast bronze
11th century BCEChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEHittiteWatered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalNiello stripes on hammer end, gold inlay around beak, silver inlay around eyes
10th-11th centuryTurkishSteel
19th centuryTurkishMetal
IslamicCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseCopper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianBronze with turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapanese