IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159900
accession number:	O.132-1879

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 steel blade is double edged and double curved, with four incised lines forming a chevron along most of its length. At the forte the blade widens slightly into pierced wings, where there is some crude incised decoration. The hilt comprises a steel guard and knucklebow, and grip and pommel of wood. The guard is a narrow oval, with a finial at the top and a quite crude knucklebow ending in a turned-back lotus bud. The grip is bent, and formed of two pieces of wood riveted to the tang. The pommel is made in one piece of wood, of large lunate form with a groove down the centre, and riveted to the tang
title:	dagger

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam


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/159900





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 22.2

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 32

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 284



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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