1592999779000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-158358 1747160609179 1714474924000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-158358 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158358 51dead82-a872-327e-a198-75d388a6216d 5 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-126216 adlib-term-126216 6c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929 Robert Taylor reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Blade Applied Arts Leaf shaped steel blade with a sharp medial ridge bordered by narrow fullers, and a slightly reinforced point. At the base of the blade are a pair of vestigial wings at the top of the socket, which is of round section, decorated with a series of incised lines, and has small dags at the base. Its seam runs down one side, and it is fastened to the haft by two broad, rounded reinforce decorated with double incised lines, and a central band of low cog-like ornament, both brazed on. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives. The surface is polished bright, with some pitting from its earlier corrosion, and some staining O.50-1879 1 accession number O.50-1879 158358 priref 158358 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158358 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158358 inscribed 50 tag reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Robert Taylor, MA reference agent-180016 adlib-agent-180016 de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffea Taylor, Robert, MA 1879 1879 1879 given Entry date: 1879-02-10 1660 1660 CE 1660 circa 1660 1700 probably 1 1700 CE 1700 1700 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Compare the cog-like reinforces of O.47-1879 and O.45-1879, not exactly the same, but from a similar workshop. Also the spearhead from the Government Museum Chennai, no. 2235 (see documentation Elgood 2004), for which Elgood suggests a late 17th century date. reference term-106453 adlib-term-106453 60056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a9 17th Century, Late reference term-126223 adlib-term-126223 152dd0e7-92aa-3117-b8f0-f667f1b8b81e literal India India country South India Blade Length cm 9 Blade Width Max cm 2.4 Overall Length cm 22.7 Weight g 110 reference term-47391 adlib-term-47391 d8f9581b-d324-34c6-b40c-8293e7418680 spearhead object name reference term-126218 adlib-term-126218 5c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92d Indian weapons category sang history note Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. pp. 217-221 for information about the Tanjore army. 217-221 reference publication-6091 adlib-publication-6091 ce3764f9-3776-306c-8b0c-0ff51f18c97f Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865 reference publication-6089 adlib-publication-6089 762534e6-b9a6-3c98-ad56-fac315162b46 List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879

reference term-47391 adlib-term-47391 d8f9581b-d324-34c6-b40c-8293e7418680 spearhead

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