Maker: Unknown
Small square section spike with recessed faces, attached by a moulded knop to a small socket with a braze line down one side, a reinforce at the end decorated with double incised lines and a series of file cut nicks at the end, and decorated with spirals in double incised lines bordered with double incised lines at either end. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives. The surface is polished bright, with some pitting from its earlier corrosion, and some staining
History note: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004)
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 8.2 cm
Overall Length: 19.5 cm
Socket Length: 8 cm
Weight: 126 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration matches the small spearhead O.44.1879; they may be parts of the same spear.
Accession number: O.55-1879
Primary reference Number: 158365
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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