IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159906
accession number:	O.140-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 12 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Hilt and blade are made in one piece of steel. The blade is double edged and double curved, with a chevron of six deep fullers at the forte and a long reinforced point. At the forte the blade widens into bud-like wings with piercings at either side. The hilt is waisted, with a central squashed globular knop wit double mouldings at either side, and has symmetrical curved guard and pommel wings above and below. The flange between the wings of the pommel is extended into a finial with another squashed globular knop. Most of the hilt is painted black, the blade polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion
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/159906





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1560 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1560
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 30

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 41.2

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 348



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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