Maker: Unknown
Straight steel blade, of T-section with a slightly curved single edge and two incised lines at the forte. The hilt is beaked, formed of two panels of wood carved with C-shaped grooves and held on by two rivets each. At the junction with the hilt is a iron ferrule half of which is missing, covering the transition from the narrow hilt to the broad blade. The hilt plaque is cracked through on the complete side
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Blade Length: 45 cm
Blade Width Max: 5.8 cm
Overall Length: 59.5 cm
Weight: 476 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1879
CE
Taylor’s note ‘war knife used in Cabul by the tribes of the north west frontier’.
Blade composed of steel
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.65-1879
Primary reference Number: 158375
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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