IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162315
accession number:	O.1-1998

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 May 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is curved and of T-section at the forte, with a slight reinforced point, cut at the end of the T-section with a stylised lotus bud, and developing a slight medial ridge with a hollow ground at either side towards the point. The hilt has a curved, beaked pommel, with a brass frame, plaques of nephrite at the pommel and blade end, and a central band formed of strips of mother of pearl set with black zig-zags and separated with brass and red enamel bands. The tang button has a copper alloy swivel loop with traces of gilding for a wrist strap.
title:	dagger

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Acquired by the donor's grandfather around the time of the Indian Mutiny


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
creditline: Given by Mrs C. McLeod Morley

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162315





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1650 - 1699
creation date earliest:	1650
creation date latest:	1699
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 395

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 436