15929997790001312637261000Standard Recordobject-158366170206260799815826363990001702062267546fitz-onlineadlib-object-158366https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1583662635b4e9-593d-3e93-b347-44c975a0c8e14referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-126216adlib-term-1262166c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929Robert Taylorreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelBladeApplied ArtsLeaf shaped steel blade of almost flat section, with a sharp medial ridge bordered by broad fullers, much narrower fullers bordering the edges, leaving low rounded ribs in relief, and a slightly reinforced point. The blade is attached to a separate socket, has a wing-like section at the top, and has small dags at the base. Its seam is open, and it is secured to the blade by a broad, rounded reinforced decorated with double incised lines, and with a broad, low slightly cog-like reinforce at the base. The panel below the wings is decorated with incised foliage, there is a similar band of incised foliage between bands of ring and dot within incised lines below the first reinforce, and similar ornament at the bottom. The dags at the base are somewhat damaged. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives. The blade and upper moulding have been polished bright, the remainder of the socket left uncleanedO.56-18791accession numberO.56-1879158366priref158366urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158366https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158366inscribed56tagreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Robert Taylor, MAreferenceagent-180016adlib-agent-180016de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffeaTaylor, Robert, MA187918791879givenEntry date: 1879-02-1016601660CE1660circa16601700probably11700CE17001700makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownCompare 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 datereferenceterm-106453adlib-term-10645360056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a917th Century, LateBlade Lengthcm23.5Blade Width Maxcm2.6Overall Lengthcm47.5Socket Lengthcm21.5Weightg284referenceterm-47391adlib-term-47391d8f9581b-d324-34c6-b40c-8293e7418680spearheadobject namereferenceterm-126218adlib-term-1262185c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92dIndian weaponscategorysangreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. pp. 217-221 for information about the Tanjore army.217-221referencepublication-6091adlib-publication-6091ce3764f9-3776-306c-8b0c-0ff51f18c97fHindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865referencepublication-6089adlib-publication-6089762534e6-b9a6-3c98-ad56-fac315162b46List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879referenceterm-47391adlib-term-47391d8f9581b-d324-34c6-b40c-8293e7418680spearheadspearheadobject
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