Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
The steel blade is straight, double edged and extended into a long, thin point with a full length medial ridge. The hilt has an angled, convex guard attached to short, wide arms cut with lotus bud terminals at front and rear, joined by a pair of bars swelling to their centres that form the grip. At the front of the guard are heavy katar-shaped reinforces with cusped and scalloped edges, incised lines and pierced holes, secured to the blade by three rivets, two with copper alloy washers which are actively corroding. From the outside of the guard springs a double curved V-section defence for the back of the hand, of terminating in a detailed dragon head finial. The hilt is black from the hammer, the blade and reinforces polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosion.
Notes
History note: From Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see docuentation Elgood 2004)
Legal notes
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Measurements and weight
Blade Length: 81.5 cm
Overall Length: 95 cm
Weight: 825 g
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1879)
by
Taylor, Robert, MA
Dating
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Components of the work
Blade
composed of
steel
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 89
- Method of creation: Inscribed
- Type: Tag
Inscription present: adhesive
- Text: 89
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: O.89-1879
Primary reference Number: 158404
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
