IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159931
accession number:	O.152-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Of iron, comprising a straight, triangular blade with a medial rib attached by a rounded reinforce to an iron loop shaped to the hand, with a medial ridge on the outside and a brazed seam, now split open, on the inside. Polished, but heavily pitted from earlier corrosion
title:	tiger claw

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/159931





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 13

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 94

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.5



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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