1592999783000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-158406 1747160609988 1714474917000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-158406 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158406 6e1ee0a1-8d49-3d18-8631-049ab2e1c870 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-126216 adlib-term-126216 6c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929 Robert Taylor reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Blade Applied Arts The steel blade is straight, double edged with a full-length medial rib and a reinforced point. The hilt has a convex guard attached to short, wide arms ending in lotus bud terminals at the 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 and incised lines, attached to the blade by three rivets, one with copper alloy washers corroding actively. The guard is extended on the outside of the hand into a V-section curved guard ending in an animal-headed finial. The hilt is painted black inside, the rest polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosion O.91-1879 1 accession number O.91-1879 158406 priref 158406 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158406 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158406 inscribed 91 tag reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Robert Taylor, MA reference agent-180016 adlib-agent-180016 de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffea Taylor, Robert, MA 1879 1879 1879 given Entry date: 1879-02-10 1600 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 1700 1 1700 CE 1700 1700 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown Described by taylor as ‘Very long guarded kuthar from Ganjam’. This type of sword is very different to most swords as the grip is at right angles to the blade, and not a continuation of the blade. It was held in the hand and used a thrusting fashion. The blade is very tapered and ends in a long, thin point, ideal for stabbing attack. The back of the hand is protected by an additional plate. This example is very short and may have been made for a child. reference term-106447 adlib-term-106447 c24dda6b-b738-3a7d-bddf-648ede5b5cd4 17th Century reference term-126223 adlib-term-126223 152dd0e7-92aa-3117-b8f0-f667f1b8b81e literal India India country South India Blade Length cm 56.5 Overall Length cm 68.8 Weight g 570 reference term-109648 adlib-term-109648 81e9054e-fe90-3431-8bf2-645c7c671530 dagger object name reference term-126218 adlib-term-126218 5c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92d Indian weapons category katar history note Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. pp. 217-221 for information about the Tanjore army 217-221 reference publication-6091 adlib-publication-6091 ce3764f9-3776-306c-8b0c-0ff51f18c97f Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865 reference publication-6089 adlib-publication-6089 762534e6-b9a6-3c98-ad56-fac315162b46 List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879

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