Maker: Unknown
In the form of a circular ring of steel, sharpened on the outside. The surface is bright but corroded, pitted and cracked.
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Inside Diameter: 12.4 cm
Outside Diameter: 17.2 cm
Weight: 158 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1879
CE
Taylor records Cambridge 1879: 166 ‘A pair of chukkur (properly chakra) quoits used in war by the Sikhs, as always by Hindoos from the remotest times. It is the special emblem and attribute of their god Vishnoo’
This weapon was a speciality of Sikhs who often carried them on a pointed turban called a bunga dastar. They were held between finger and thumb and thrown underhand with the full swing of the body. The edge was kept sharp and they are said to be capable of cutting through a green bamboo, 2 cms thick, at a distance of 25 metres.
Inscription present: adhesive
Accession number: O.167-1879
Primary reference Number: 159950
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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