IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162545
accession number:	TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS12

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 1 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is straight and single-edged, in watered steel (Wootz), in the kirk nabardan (Muhammad’s ladder) pattern. It is fitted with a plain oval section steel hilt, the join hidden by gold koftgari decoration, a large panel of foliage at the forte of the blade, bands of floral scrolls down the back front and pommel of the hilt, and  short arabesques extended into lutus buds at either side. At the end is a tiny gilt tang button. The scabbard is of wood covered in tawny red velvet, with two bands of silver thread tape round the throat and one down the back hiding the seam. At the end is a silver chape made in England to match.
title:	knife

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:	C. B. Marlay

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162545





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1849
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1849
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Adams, George William

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 336

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 272