IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158350
accession number:	O.42-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 12 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Large steel triangular blade with a very thick reinforced point, running into a triangular medial rib with a V formed by single incised lines at the base. There is evidence of a brazed join between the blade and the socket, which is plain except for two double incised lines in the region of the brazed join by the blade, and two more with a flared rim at the base. There is a hint of a brazed join down one side. The steel is pitted where is has been heavily corroded then polished bright. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives inside the socket
title:	spearhead

NOTES
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type: history note
value: 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/158350





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1400 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1400
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	15th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 30

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 7.6

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 47

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 645



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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