the cylindrical shaft with steel upper section decorated with three bands of floral koftgari decoration, the lower section encased in silver with a hidden dagger secured in place by threading at the forte, the watered-steel head of extended globular form with six ribs flanked with fine lines of gold inlay, traces of koftgari to the crown, devangari number inscribed on shaft

A related mace is in the Muzeo Nazionale del Bargelo in Florence (inv. no. Bg. M 1228), see Islam, specchio dOriente: rarità e preziosi nelle collezioni statali fiorentine, Florence, 2002, p.59, no.20.