IDENTIFIERS
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id:	206797
accession number:	ML.1-1992

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 16 September 2015
updated:	Tuesday 18 April 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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type: history note
value: Major General Sir Neil Malcolm


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
creditline: Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206797





CATEGORIES
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category: bronze
category: weapon

DATING
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creation date:	220 - 220
creation date earliest:	220
creation date latest:	220
culture:	Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 18



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes from Earliest Times to the end of the Chou Dynasty in B.C. 249
CITATIONS
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Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes from Earliest Times to the end of the Chou Dynasty in B.C. 249
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