IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159914
accession number:	O.148-1879

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 six deep 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. 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 was extended into a finial now broken off. The blade is polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion. There are traces of incised decoration on the forte. There is a trace of copper on the pommel, and where the finial is broken off a crystalline structure suggesting the dagger was cast.
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/159914





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: 29.7

dimension: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 37

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 242



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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