IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158352
accession number:	O.44-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 1 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Straight steel double edged triangular blade, of heavy diamond section, slight wings at the base of the blade, decorated with single incised lines in a V at the forte and roughly following the line of the wings and edges on the forte. The blade is made in one with the socket, which is decorated with a spiral of double incised lines, and pierced with two holes at the base for securing it to the lost haft. The surface is stained and a little pitted
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/158352





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1760 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1760
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 17.5

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 2.4

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 27.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 196



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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