IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158343
accession number:	O.36-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Straight steel double edged triangular blade, of heavy diamond section at the point, slight wings at the base of the blade, decorated with recessed panels at the forte leaving a three proud ribs. The blade is attached through a moulded knop to a facetted socket with a double incised moulding at the base, and the line of a braised join down one side. The socket retains traces of silver koftgari decoration, probably lines along the facets, though most of this has been lost in cleaning. The knop at the base of the blade was originally silvered also. The surface is stained and a little pitted
title:	spearhead

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004)


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/158343





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: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 25.4

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 4.1

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 43.8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 380



CITATIONS
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Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865
List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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