IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158315
accession number:	O.11-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 1 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is straight and double edged, widening slightly to the point. There is a short ricasso under the langets. The hilt, of Indo-Muslim form, comprises short quillons with rounded terminals and langets with lotus bud terminals, a double curved knucklebow with a stylised dragon finial attached to the lower quillon. The grip is of baluster form, and the pommel broad, almost flat dish inside which is a small dome with a four petalled washer and a short curved spike finial. The hilt and blade are polished bright and pitted and stained from earlier corrosion. There are traces of the original leather binding on the grip and both quillons, oddly.
title:	sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158315





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 77.8

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 92

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1095



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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