IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162591
accession number:	R2.IB.154

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 18 December 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is thick and forward curved, with a double notch at the forte and a double fuller accompanying the back edge at the forte. The hilt is of wood with low-grade silver ferrule, central rib with two carved mouldings in front and a flaring pommel. There are two small bye-knives with horn hits. The scabbard is of wood covered in black leather with a silver throat and chape decorated with crude incised and punched floral ornament. At the back is a separate pouch for the bye-knives, edged with green leather, and attached by string is a detached leather thong with a green leather button at the end. Attached is a length of yellow and purple cotton thread like that found on the unnumbered pouch for a steel.
title:	knife

NOTES
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type: history note
value: No provenance


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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162591






DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1899


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 465

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 580