IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206797 accession number: ML.1-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 16 September 2015 updated: Tuesday 18 April 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bronze spear head with a green patina, and mineral preserved organics in the socket. The blade appears as the tongue projecting from the jaws of a crocodile; possibly the gharial (Gavialis Gangeticus), commonly found in India and Burma. On the top of the head there is a rectangular projection pierced by a circular hole, and on each side of the socket there is a circular hole Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection', inscribed in blue black ink 'A.2' The edges of the blade and its tip are chipped, and there is a large chip in the socket. title: spearhead NOTES ----- type: history note value: Major General Sir Neil Malcolm LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm) STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206797 CATEGORIES ------ category: bronze category: weapon DATING ------ creation date: 220 - 220 creation date earliest: 220 creation date latest: 220 culture: Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 18 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes from Earliest Times to the end of the Chou Dynasty in B.C. 249 CITATIONS -------- Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes from Earliest Times to the end of the Chou Dynasty in B.C. 249 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/918/large_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 287 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/918/mid_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 140 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ML.1-1992_1_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/918/preview_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 70 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/919/large_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 289 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/919/mid_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 141 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ML.1-1992_2_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/565/919/preview_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg height: 70 pixels width: 248 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/7/large_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 287 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/7/mid_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 140 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ML.1-1992_1_201201_mdb56_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/7/preview_ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 70 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/7/ML_1_1992_1_201201_mdb56_mas.ptif height: 1470 pixels width: 5254 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/8/large_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 289 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/8/mid_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 141 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ML.1-1992_2_201201_mdb56_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/8/preview_ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_mas.jpg height: 71 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/566/8/ML_1_1992_2_201201_mdb56_mas.ptif height: 1440 pixels width: 5104 pixels