IDENTIFIERS
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id:	160138
accession number:	O.191-1879

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pata hilt. Carved from a single piece of wood, with a long tubular cuff with a medial ridge decorated with bands of hatching, the main edge bordered by a triple row of carved mouldings with a central raised triangle, and a rounded section for the hand carved with medial ridge, a fleur-de-lys at the top rear, and edged with a set of mouldings matching those at the cuff edge. At the front 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 thin transverse grip dowelled into a square hole, and two slots running up the inside. The cuff edge is badly hacked and damaged on 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/160138





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: 42.7

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1220



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