IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158351
accession number:	O.43-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Steel, with a very large waisted leaf-shaped blade almost flat with a low, wide medial ridge at either side and shaped wings at the forte. It is decorated with very rough incised lines vaguely following the line of the edges. The blade is made in one with a short tang, which narrows sharply to the end. The steel is pitted where is has been heavily corroded then polished bright
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/158351





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: 29.4

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 9.6

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 41.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 640



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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