Throwing weapon
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Calamander
Measurements
440 mm (Length)
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180707
Summary
Two calamander wood throwing weapons, curved with flat sectioned blade terminating at the narrow end in a round knob, the knob with incised decoration. See also PET.POW.CLIVE.MISC.10 and POW.CLIVE.I.19. S.India or Sri Lanka.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with funding from The National Heritage Memorial Fund from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in August 1999.