IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159952
accession number:	O.168-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Formed of two blackbuck (nilgau) horns fitted with steel tips, with square section points and spiral fluted sockets inlaid with copper alloy bands, and copper alloy terminals through which the  horns are joined with iron rods. To the junction of the two horns is riveted a small steel shield with four decorative copper alloy bosses decorated with spirals and petalled borders, and an applied copper alloy borderd decorated with punched circles. There are fragments of vermillion and viridian green on the horns. Part of the shiled border is missing, and the steel is pitted but polished bright.
title:	Parrying weapon

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/159952





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 82.5

dimension: Shield Diameter
units: cm
value: 18

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1280



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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