68. A gold koftgari-hilted steel child's steel push-dagger (katar) North India, 19th Century the double-edged steel blade with raised spine and armour piercing tip, chiselled with palmette to forte, the hilt of typical form with faceted baluster grips, decorated in gold overlay with flower-filled cartouches and vegetal scrollwork, the wood scabbard clad in velvet and metal-thread-embroidered silk 40 cm. long