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# Spear head

Spear head sangu forged and engraved steel, with a curved, double edged ridged blade; towards the socket the ridge is engraved and elaborated in an openwork design; this merges with the decoration of the foot of the blade which is in Dravidian style, on each side, comprising two frontally opposed makaras.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-198-1964](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-198-1964) · Pramāṇa
