IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158393
accession number:	O.83-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The head is of steel, originally with a crescent-shaped blade and a solid block pierced for the haft, faceted and decorated with incised lines around the rear. The haft is modern, made of a plain piece of bamboo, fitted with a wooden knob at the butt, and with an iron ferrule at the top. The surface of the head is polished bright pitted and stained from earlier corrosion. The upper point of the blade is completely worn away
title:	axes (tools)

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/158393





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1879
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1879
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Height
units: cm
value: 8.5

dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 9.3

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 84

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 49.8



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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