Worcester Art Museum - The katar is a punch-dagger native to South Asia. From religious iconography to combat, to bejeweled examples worn at court, the katar is arguably South Asia's most iconic
![File:Katar (child's) push dagger, northern India, 1700s - Higgins Armory Museum - DSC05599.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Katar (child's) push dagger, northern India, 1700s - Higgins Armory Museum - DSC05599.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Katar_%28child%27s%29_push_dagger%2C_northern_India%2C_1700s_-_Higgins_Armory_Museum_-_DSC05599.jpg)
File:Katar (child's) push dagger, northern India, 1700s - Higgins Armory Museum - DSC05599.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Katar Punch Dagger with three independent blades, 1700 AD, Mughal, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India. [1800×1277] : r/ArtefactPorn Katar Punch Dagger with three independent blades, 1700 AD, Mughal, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India. [1800×1277] : r/ArtefactPorn](https://i.redd.it/brp1ex4mrsc51.jpg)