IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160106
accession number:	O.178-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sword with ‘fakir’s crutch’ hilt (zufur-tukia) and scabbard. The blade is single edged and curved with a short, blunt false edge at the point, with two fullers at the back. It appears to be a cut-down British sabre blade. The hilt is of heavy cast brass in the form of a fakir’s crutch, with short quillons with squashed cylindrical terminals decorated with flowers, broad seating processes, and asymmetrical arms on the pommel, all decorated with incised and punched floral and dotted ornament. The scabbard is of wood covered with brown velvet, with a band of tape covering the seam at the inside, a brass chape and band at the throat with a suspension loop
title:	sword

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/160106





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1879
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1879
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 44.6

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 57

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 645



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
An Illustrated Handbook of Indian arms
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