15929702500001312637261000Standard Recordobject-19168170197591930516189195190001701975718790fitz-onlineadlib-object-19168https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19168d6879b57-daca-39a4-8636-4c9e025f1d588referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-108941adlib-term-108941bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1J.S. Hendersonreferenceterm-32234adlib-term-3223496ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fewood (plant material)Lengthcm12.5Hiltreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelBlade, LobesLengthcm25.5BladeSteelblade and lobes cast, the hilt carvedreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Applied ArtsDagger of Balloak form, the hilt of wood. No pommel or cap, just rounded at the top. Very phallic in shape. The lobes are furnished with a deep ferrule of steel, with latten inserts, between them and the top of the blade, which is of very stout, back-edged triangular section, the faces hollowed.HEN.M.302-19331accession numberHEN.M.302-193319168priref19168urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19168https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19168referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumJ.S. Henderson Bequestreferenceagent-154334adlib-agent-15433428c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434Henderson, James Stewart193319331933-03-16bequeathedBequeathed by Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, 1933, bequest no. B339145014501450circa145015001150015001500referenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe grip does not belong: a restoration.This type of dagger was common throughout Europe in the 15th century. They have a very sturdy blade of triangular shape, ideal for stabbing. The name comes from the form of the hilt which was thought to imitate male anatomy.Western European, perhaps English or Flemishreferenceterm-107270adlib-term-10727098ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef115th Century#Lengthcm37.5referencemedia-14041adlib-media-1404130b2e415-914f-3764-895d-f58355a7ae76jpegaa/aa25/HEN_M_302_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels231widthpixels76016162475356111imagejpegaa/aa25/mid_HEN_M_302_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels152widthpixels50016162475356111imagejpegaa/aa25/HEN_M_302_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels231widthpixels76016162475356111imagejpegaa/aa25/preview_HEN_M_302_1933_281_29.jpg1heightpixels76widthpixels25016162475356111image0media
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