Overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicBlade: steel with gold-filled incised decoration and inscriptions; handle: braided brass wire over fabric on a wooden core; guard: cast brass and gilt bronze, with profile portrait of Lafayette enframed in draped flags; lion-headed pummel: cast brass with gilt bronze decoration
18th centuryFrenchCast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLead
Lead
Iron
JapaneseCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriotLead
Lead
Lead
Cast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchLead