1592999783000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-159938 1747246500277 1714400080000 1747245849312 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-159938 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159938 67f2d0a5-681b-3a3c-a5f6-d1ee45977f17 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-126216 adlib-term-126216 6c7247d5-cf34-3e0d-a07e-9ae6b2743929 Robert Taylor Applied Arts Of iron, comprising a short, square section haft decorated with a geometrical diaper of dots and incised lozenges, with a finial at the base and a loop at the top to which are attached by a ring double chains, each link of long figure-8 form, joined in a ring at the end to which is attached an onion-shaped head decorated with radial incised lines and with a short pierced neck below. Polished bright but pitted heavily from earlier corrosion, and most of the decoration worn away by cleaning O.159-1879 1 accession number O.159-1879 159938 priref 159938 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159938 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159938 inscribed 152 tag reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Robert Taylor, MA reference agent-180016 adlib-agent-180016 de4194d2-ab82-3bf8-95cd-a266949bffea Taylor, Robert, MA 1879 1879 1879 given Entry date: 1879-02-10 1600 1600 CE 1600 circa 1600 1700 possibly 1 1700 CE 1700 1700 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown A triple flail from Bikanir survives, or similar general form, which may be the one illustrated in the Bijapur Nujum al-‘Ulum of 1570 in the Chester Beatty Library, called there vajramushti or kiptan (Elgood 2004: 189, 214). A double flail from Lahore is preserved in the Royal Armouries, XXVIC.??. Cambridge 1879 no. 129; Taylor commented ‘Mace, compare the ‘morning stars’ of the old city watch, and the Protestant flail.’ Although often thought to be a European weapon there is almost no evidence for their use in the west. However the flail was used in India although few have survived. reference term-106447 adlib-term-106447 c24dda6b-b738-3a7d-bddf-648ede5b5cd4 17th Century reference term-106787 adlib-term-106787 1a9822e8-4f24-3dab-8ea0-50acb9edb236 literal India India country India reference term-114506 adlib-term-114506 08801a94-6b8b-3b2b-bfe2-187a7bf43425 iron Length cm 71.5 Weight cm 51.5 reference term-86632 adlib-term-86632 c3b76980-deb2-3e05-9979-e33572b3734c flail object name reference term-126218 adlib-term-126218 5c8f101c-7368-3b5a-a61d-702fe0e8b92d Indian weapons category reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6089 adlib-publication-6089 762534e6-b9a6-3c98-ad56-fac315162b46 List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 Cf. fig. 18.9, p. 189, fig. API.9, p. 214. A triple flail from Bikanir survives, or similar general form, which may be the one illustrated in the Bijapur Nujum al-‘Ulum of 1570 in the Chester Beatty Library, called there vajramushti or kiptan. 189, 214 reference publication-6091 adlib-publication-6091 ce3764f9-3776-306c-8b0c-0ff51f18c97f Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865

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