IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 159930 accession number: O.151-1879 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 at the forte and a long reinforced point. At the forte the blade is thickened and 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 is extended into a finial with a D-shaped knop with two more round knops above. Most of the hilt is painted black, the blade polished bright with pitting from its earlier corrosion title: dagger NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Ganjam. Probably from Tanjore arsenal LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Robert Taylor creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159930 CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 1560 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1560 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Blade Length units: cm value: 30 dimension: Overall Length units: cm value: 39.2 dimension: Weight units: g value: 296 CITATIONS -------- 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 ---