IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158416
accession number:	O.101-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Of very unusual for with a small sword-like blade. The steel blade is thin, straight and double edged, of very flattened diamond section with long thin point. The hilt, of old Hindu basket form, comprises a figure-8 guard with cusps at the waist, angled across the centre, short quillons with globular terminals and langets with pierced lotus bud terminals. The guard is extended into a wide knucklebow decorated with incised lines. The grip is probably thin and of iron, but it is covered with the original padded fabric grip, which has been painted black. The pommel is a narrow, deep dish embossed with petals, and filled inside with black mastic obscuring the origins of a short curved finial.
There is a broad, almost flat dish inside which is a small dome with a four petalled washer and a short curved spike finial, ending in a flower bud. The hilt and blade are polished bright and pitted from earlier corrosion
title:	sword

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/158416





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1660 - 1740
creation date earliest:	1660
creation date latest:	1740
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 73

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 87.8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 478