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Spear

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
India (made)

Long slender steel blade mounted on a wooden shaft with brass mounts

Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Spear
Materials and techniques
Steel, wood and brass
Brief description
Spear with an elongated steel point mounted on a wooden shaft with brass mounts, Jind, 19th century.
Physical description
Long slender steel blade mounted on a wooden shaft with brass mounts
Dimensions
  • Overall. taken from egerton length: 108in
  • Of head. taken from egerton length: 21in
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Production
Jind. Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Associated object
3230(IS) (Object)
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 130, Cat. No. 612
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.130
Other numbers
  • 612 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8863-'55 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3161(IS)

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2003
Record URL
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