IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158425
accession number:	O.110-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 12 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is large and crescent shaped with a central dip, and attached by a rivet with a petalled copper washer with a narrow but solid socket for the haft, forged with a medial ridge around the rear. The haft is of wood, reinforced at the junction with the blade with three iron strips, the out two twisted, at the front, bound on with leather thongs, and an iron plate with a dagged top at the rear. Above the blade is a copper alloy ferrule, decorated with geometrical ornament, and a small iron top spike. At the bottom of the haft is another section bound with leather thongs
title:	axe (weapon)

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/158425





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 Length
units: cm
value: 42.8

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 123.2

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1270



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
An Introduction to Indian Arms and Armour
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