IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 158405 accession number: O.90-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 12 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The steel blade is straight, double edged and virtually triangular, extending into a long, thin point with a slight medial ridge. The hilt is of katar form, with a broad, concave guard attached to short, wide arms joined by a pair of bars swelling to their centres that form the grip. These are of similar proportions to the grips of contemporary khanda. At the front of the guard are heavy triangular reinforces secured to the blade by three rivets, and decorated with a section of cusped and scalloped edge accompanied by pierced holes. From the outside of the guard springs a much damaged defence for the back of the hand, of deep V-section and terminating in a stylised dragon head finial. Riveted to the ends of the arms is an additional guard, also of V-section, from which spring two sinuous guards which extended to the front of each bar. One of these is broken, but either end survives. The hilt is covered with black paint, the blade and reinforces polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosion title: sword NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Ganjam. Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation Elgood 2004) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Robert Taylor creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158405 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1500 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 81.5 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 95 dimension: Weight units: g value: 950 CITATIONS -------- List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879 Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865 ---