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Dagger: O.144-1879

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

The steel blade is double edged and double curved, with two fullers running most of its length. The hilt is also of steel, with a beaked pommel carved as a stylised parrot’s head, a plain tubular grip, slightly curved, and a stepped section at the blade originally decorated with incised crenelations, sandwiching a section of horn. Polished bright with areas of patination from its earlier corrosion

Notes

History note: From Ganjam. Probably from Tanjore arsenal

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Blade Length: 25 cm
Overall Length: 34.5 cm
Weight: 226 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Note

Compare Elgood 2004: 180 fig 16.39 for a glass-hilted example from Government Museum Chennai, no. 2168, and Elgood’s comments about the popularity of this form of hilt in the south during the 17th century

Components of the work

Blade composed of steel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 144
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Tag

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.144-1879
Primary reference Number: 159911

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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