IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158358
accession number:	O.50-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Leaf shaped steel blade with a sharp medial ridge bordered by narrow fullers, and a slightly reinforced point. At the base of the blade are a pair of vestigial wings at the top of the socket, which is of round section, decorated with a series of incised lines, and has small dags at the base. Its seam runs down one side, and it is fastened to the haft by two broad, rounded reinforce decorated with double incised lines, and a central band of  low cog-like ornament, both brazed on. A fragment of the original wooden haft survives. The surface is polished bright, with some pitting from its earlier corrosion, and some staining
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/158358





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1660 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1660
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 9

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 2.4

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 22.7

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 110



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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