IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158369
accession number:	O.59-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Forward angled, single edged steel blade with a thick, flat back and a ricasso decorated with three inlaid copper alloy (brass) bands, and rows of stamped floral ornament at the back edge and on the ricasso. The original wooden hilt is long and thin, with a round section at the completely covered by an iron ferrule with three moulded iron reinforcing bands, groups of double incised lines and a crenelated rear edge. The remainder of the hilt is faceted, and cut away at the underside leaving the pommel section proud to form a grip, and inlaid with a copper alloy (brass) sun at either side of the pommel
title:	sword

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/158369





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1840
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1840
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 31.2

dimension: Blade Width Max
units: cm
value: 7.5

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 53.5

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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