IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158433 accession number: O.118-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The blade is crescent shaped with a central dip, and forged with a narrow but solid socket for the haft. The haft is of wood, reinforced at the junction with the blade with an iron strip at the front, bound on with leather thongs, and an iron plate with a dagged top at the rear. Above the blade is a copper alloy ferrule, decorated with geometrical ornament, and a small iron leaf-shaped top spike. At the bottom of the haft is a narrow section title: axes (tools) NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Ganjam LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Robert Taylor creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158433 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1879 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1879 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 24.7 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 88.5 dimension: Weight units: g value: 610 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 An Introduction to Indian Arms and Armour ---