15929997830001312637261000Standard Recordobject-158402170206304406615826364100001702062269578fitz-onlineadlib-object-158402https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158402fa722b78-d5e1-3abb-b3bf-670ce959daae4referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-126216adlib-term-1262166c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929Robert Taylorreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelBladeApplied ArtsThe leaf-shaped steel blade is straight and double edged, flaring towards the rounded point. The hilt comprises a figure-8 guard, angled across the centre, with cusped wings and long blade-shaped reinforces, the edges serrated, bordered towards the hilt and on the wings with incised panels of floral ornament. They are attached by three rivets. Round the junction of the wings and reinforces is a band of copper alloy, the edges also serrated.. The thin grip swells to a central moulding, and there is a small, deep dish pommel lacking its dome. The hilt is covered with black paint, the blade polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosionO.87-18791accession numberO.87-1879158402priref158402urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158402https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158402referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Robert Taylor, MAreferenceagent-180016adlib-agent-180016de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffeaTaylor, Robert, MA187918791879givenEntry date: 1879-02-1015001500CE1500circa15001600possibly11600CE16001600makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe south Indian type and the style and condition suggest this is a Taylor piece. Number assigned by elimination by TR; object needs numbering.referenceterm-106602adlib-term-106602bbb4c00f-eefa-3d64-9441-7a75aa07736e16th CenturyBlade Lengthcm90Overall Lengthcm100.5Weightg1010referenceterm-42208adlib-term-4220856bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93swordobject namereferenceterm-126218adlib-term-1262185c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92dIndian weaponscategorykhandahistory noteProbably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation: Elgood 2004)referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. pp. 217-221 for information about the Tanjore army217-221referencepublication-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-42208adlib-term-4220856bdf465-22ee-3b51-a8c4-fe4a29b1ca93swordswordobject
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