Overall: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLead
Lead
Lead
Iron
JapaneseLead
Bronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianLead
Lead
Lead
3rd century BCEEgyptianLead
Blade: 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 centuryFrench