Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Forward angled, single edged heavy steel blade of almost flat section, with stepped finial at the back and a narrow section by the hilt. The hilt has a stepped steel block, then a horn grip chequered and narrowing to the pommel, which is also of horn, large and kite-shaped, with a small tang button at the back with a domed silver washer. There is a hole at the end if the grip by the pommel, through which is a decorative red cord and tassel. The sides of the pommel are carved with a zigzag ornament
Legal notes
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Measurements and weight
Blade Length: 37 cm
Blade Width Max: 9.1 cm
Overall Length: 52.5 cm
Weight: 800 g
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1879)
by
Taylor, Robert, MA
Dating
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1879
CE
Note
Compare the ayudha katti in the Royal Armouries XXVIS.241 (see documentation Richardson 2007) of exactly the same type. The belts O.184–5.1879 belong to this ayudha katti and the previous.
This type of sword was carried by the peoples of Curg (Coorg or Kodagu) on the Malabar Coast. Unlike almost all other swords it has no scabbard but was carried on the back by a belt through which it passed through a flattened brass ring.
Components of the work
Blade
composed of
steel
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 82
- Method of creation: Inscribed
- Type: Tag
Inscription present: adhesive
- Text: 82
- Location: On the hilt
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: O.82-1879
Primary reference Number: 158392
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 12 May 2021
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
