A blued steel shield or dhal. The surface decorated with gold floral patterning and applied with representations of wild animals from steel. The shield lined with silk brocade and fitted with a silk brocaded cushion.

The intricate floral patterning is applied using a technique called kuftkari, The technique involves crosshatching the surface of the shield before gold wire is hammered into the grooves of a pattern as decoration. Craftsmen working in Sialkot and Gujrat (in modern-day Pakistan) were renowned for this type of decoration, particularly on arms and armour.