1592999779000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-158373 1753812170182 1714474921000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-158373 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158373 9e08bcae-861e-3ff2-9278-313d8ac74ac7 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 Forward angled, single edged steel blade of almost flat section, with small bud-like wings at the forte, where there is a slight ricasso. This and the back of the blade are edged with punched spiked crescents. The original wooden hilt is long and thin, with a long iron ferrule with three iron reinforcing bands, two cross hatched, the middle one triple moulded, and an originally dagged upper edge, secured by two iron rivets with copper alloy star washers. The remainder of the hilt is faceted, and cut away at the underside leaving the pommel section proud to form a grip O.63-1879 1 accession number O.63-1879 158373 priref 158373 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158373 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158373 inscribed 63 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 1800 1800 CE 1800 circa 1800 1879 probably 1 1879 CE 1879 1879 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Compare the ayudha katti from the Walhouse, Oldman and Stone collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art no. 36.25.1950, of exactly the same type (see documentation Elgood 2004). Also O.58-1879, O.61-1879. reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-126223 adlib-term-126223 152dd0e7-92aa-3117-b8f0-f667f1b8b81e literal India India country South India Blade Length cm 31.8 Blade Width Max cm 7.6 Overall Length cm 55 Weight g 530 reference term-42208 adlib-term-42208 56bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93 sword object name reference term-126218 adlib-term-126218 5c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92d Indian weapons category ayuhda katti 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

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