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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker;
Production Place: India, Gujerat; Date(s): 1800 - 1899; Classification(s): weapons, axes (tools); Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912 [TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS10]
Description: The steel blade is small, single edged and bearded, with a flat square back. It is covered with koftgari silver gilt foil punched with geometrical ornament. The haft is formed of a round iron tube, also covered in koftgari silver gilt foil and punched with three bands of decoration, two geometrical, one floral, separated by mouldings. The bottom finial, a rounded baluster, unscrews to reveal a short knife bladed stiletto. At the top is a screw which holds the head in place, and a washer shaped like a lotus bud. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown weapons axes (tools) | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1800; end=1899 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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