IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160136
accession number:	O.190A-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 17 June 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pata hilt. Carved from a single piece of wood, with a long tubular cuff with a medial ridge, bordered by a single incised line, and a rounded section for the hand carved with eyes, teeth, nose and a central triple bands of mane as a lion. Issuing from the mouth of the beast is a round section, capped with an iron ferrule, and slotted to take a wooden practice blade. Inside is hollow, with a narrow aperture for the arm, a thick transverse grip (all carved from the single piece of timber), and a long slot running up the inside
title:	hilt

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/160136





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: Overall Length
units: cm
value: 41.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1080



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