IDENTIFIERS
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id:	159935
accession number:	O.156-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Butt spike for a spear. Of steel, comprising a long round-section spike with a square section tip decorated with pairs of incised lines between zigzags, a double knop with mouldings at either side and a zigzag between, and a short flaring socket with a flanged, cog-like rim and a seam running up one side. The whole polished bright with pitting
title:	butt spike

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/159935





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 33.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 384



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