IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158340
accession number:	O.34-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Straight steel double edged leaf shaped blade, of decorative form with a medial ridge bordered with recessed grounds with two raised ribs and a lotus bud at the centre by the forte, slight wings at the base of the blade. The point is quite heavily reinforced. There is a long section of the original bamboo haft covered with a long steel ferrule, dagged at the bottom and braised up one side, and secured with three moulded rings, decorated at either side with triple incised lines
title:	spearhead

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/158340





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1560 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1560
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 28.2

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 6.7

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 61.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 955



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