IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158418
accession number:	O.103-1879

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 of steel is straight and double edged, hollow ground for two thirds of its length then swelling into a reinforced point. The hilt is formed of two broad rectangular section bars joined by a grip formed of two bars with central fluted balusters, and mouldings at either side. At the front is a deeply curved concave bar attached to the blade by langets terminating in lotus buds, with a single rivet. The bars and langets are bordered by bands of engraved guilloche or wavy lines, the ground between being fretted with an interlace pattern. The langets are decorated with incised lines, but the decoration of the rest of the hilt is hidden under thick black paint
title:	dagger

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam, Probably from Tanjore arsenal.


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/158418





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: 37.6

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 56

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 640



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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