IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162550
accession number:	TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS16

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 30 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The steel blade is probably European, curved and single edged, with a flat back. The iron hilt is of Indo-Muslim type, with short quillons with rounded terminals, short langets with stylised bud finials, a rounded baluster grip, a thick, shallow dish pommel with a petalled washer, dome and finial. From the lower quillon comes a double curved knucklebow with a recurved acorn finial. The whole hilt is black from the hammer, and has a single rivet with copper alloy washers, corroding, passing through the quillon block. The blade is stained and mottled.
title:	sword

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:	J.S. Henderson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162550





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 860

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1035