IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158317
accession number:	O.13-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The leaf-shaped steel blade is straight and double edged, flaring towards the point which is slightly cusped. The hilt comprises a figure-8 guard, deeply angled across the centre, with cusped wings and long, heavy blade-shaped reinforces extending well down the blade and secured by three rivets. Round the junction of the wings and reinforces is a band of iron. The thin grip swells to a central moulding, and there is a small, deep dish pommel inside which is a tiny dome. The hilt is covered with black paint, the blade polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosion.
title:	sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: 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/158317





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: 83.5

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 96

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1465



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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