Up for sale is this very good battle / sacrificial Kora sword from Nepal, early to mid 19 C. The heavy down-curving blade is 19 inches long, widening to 5 inches at the tip. The blade is marked with the “bursting sun” talisman near the tip. The handle is all steel bound with braided fiber to ensure good grip, and with disc pommel and cross guard. Three stages pagoda style spike on the pommel. Total length 24 inches. Very good condition. This Kora comes from the collection of John Powell, SF, a world known collection of Nepalese and related weapons..