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Madras [India]
Spear (sang) seventeenth century
Steel and bamboo | 189.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 37988
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Spear or sang with a curved steel blade chiselled and pierced with foliate motifs, in a tubular socket with chased projecting rings. The bamboo shaft with a steel ferrule. The spearhead probably made within the Nayaka kingdom (1529-1736), which ruled over modern-day Tamil Nadu.
Provenance
Presented to Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, during his tour of India in 1875-76, by Muktamabai Chhatrapati, Princess of Tanjore
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Steel and bamboo
Measurements
189.7 cm (whole object)
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