IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159912
accession number:	O.146-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Hilt and blade are made in one piece of steel. The blade is double edged and double curved, with a chevron of four fullers down most of its length and slightly reinforced point. At the forte the blade widens into bud-like wings with piercings at either side, and there is a crudely inscribed lotus bud. The hilt is waisted, with a central squashed globular knop with double mouldings at either side, and has symmetrical curved winged guard and pommel, The flange between the wings of the pommel is extended into a finial with a D-shaped knop with two more round finials above. Most of the hilt is painted black, the blade polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion. Traces of silver decoration are visible on the forte of the blade. The upper part of the pommel is damaged
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/159912





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1560 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1560
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Blade Length
units: cm
value: 29

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 37.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 226



CITATIONS
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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
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