IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158388
accession number:	O.78-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is single edged and curved, with a flat back and two narrow fullers at the forte. The hilt is also of steel, with an eared pommel and waisted grip, decorated with silver koftgari in what was probably a floral pattern, now almost completely lost
title:	dagger

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158388





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 27

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 39

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 348



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865
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