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Throwing quoit: O.167-1879

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

In the form of a circular ring of steel, sharpened on the outside. The surface is bright but corroded, pitted and cracked.

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Measurements and weight

Inside Diameter: 12.4 cm
Outside Diameter: 17.2 cm
Weight: 158 g

Place(s) associated

  • Lahore ⪼ North India ⪼ India

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1879 CE

Note

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 or legends present

  • Text: 167
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Tag

Inscription present: adhesive

  • Text: 167
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.167-1879
Primary reference Number: 159950

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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