IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159908
accession number:	O.142-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 12 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is wavy with three curves, of flattened diamond section with a medial ridge. The copper alloy hilt is formed of a loop, with a fleur-de-lis shaped langet at either end fastened to the blade with two iron rivets, with a narrow faceted grip with a medial knop, and a broad guard round the outside with raised edges bordered by a series of punched circles within double incised lines. At the rear is a cast onion-shaped finial. The hilt is reinforced at the front with an iron rod riveted at either end
title:	dagger

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From Ganjam. Probably from Tanjore arsenal.


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/159908





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 20

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 30.8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 274



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