IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159913
accession number:	O.147-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is double edged and double curved, with a chevron of four fullers running down the blade and a chiselled lotus bud between them on the forte, which is thickened, widens and has slight cusped wings. The hilt comprises a steel guard and knucklebow, and grip and pommel of a single wood plaque at either side. The guard is a narrow oval, with a finial at the top and a knucklebow ending in a recurved globular finial. The grip is bent, and the pommel of lunate form, and riveted to the tang with four rivets. Traces of floral ornament in silver koftgari survive on the guard and forte of the blade
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/159913





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: 22.5

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 32.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 246



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