Maker: Unknown
Long steel blade of square section chamfered with facets at the forte where there are the remains of double incised lines, made in one with a short socket which has a poor lapped weld up one side. The steel is pitted where is has been heavily corroded then polished bright
History note: From Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004).
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 32 cm
Blade Width Max: 1.4 cm
Overall Length: 40.4 cm
Weight: 258 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Accession number: O.35-1879
Primary reference Number: 158341
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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