IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158316
accession number:	O.12-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 12 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is straight and double edged, flaring towards the point. A medial ridge runs the full length of the blade, with a hollow ground at either side. The hilt comprises a figure-8 guard, angled across the centre, with cusped wings chiselled in the form of seated lions, and long, heavy blade-shaped reinforces extending well down the blade, decorated overall with fine incised bands of scrolling foliage and secured by three rivets with copper alloy petalled washers. The thin grip swells to a moulding at the centre, and there is a small, deep, dish pommel inside which is a dome and multi-layered lotus bud finial. The guard is pierced with a pair of holes at either side of the missing lining, and is decorated on the outside with a band of engraved flowers. The side of the pommel dish are engraved with fine lotus flower petals. The ground of all the engraved decoration retains its original vermillion paint, rubbed away in places. The hilt is otherwise in its original black finish, the blade polished bright and covered with grease
title:	sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004)


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/158316





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 92.2

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 105

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1150



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865
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