IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158367
accession number:	O.57-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Angular leaf-shaped steel blade of low diamond section, made in one with and fading gently into the socket, which is short and faceted with a visible weld line down one side. The surface is polished bright, with some pitting from its earlier corrosion, and some lamination
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/158367





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 30.4

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 176



CITATIONS
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Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865
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