Vairagi’s (ascetic) pick crutch with a concealed dagger [.1] inside a tubular steel haft [.2] [SM 12/04/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Vairagi’s (ascetic) pick crutch with a concealed dagger [.1] inside a tubular steel haft [.2] [SM 12/04/2007]
Long description: Vairagi’s (ascetic) pick crutch with a concealed dagger [.1] inside a tubular steel haft [.2] The head of the pick is in the form of a cast-brass hand gripping a steel, ribbed pick, in the form of an antelope's horn. It is pointed at one end and has a brass tiger’s head at the other end. [SM 12/04/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Rajasthan Jaipur
Person: Field collector Maharajah of Jaipur; PRM source Indian Institute, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: By 1932
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Steel Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Cast, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 245 mm dagger, Width: max 37 mm haft, Length: max 472 mm dagger, Length: max 425 mm haft
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.89.122.1 Accession number: 1932.89.122.2 Other numbers: 28
Research and responses: The following notes are drawn from research compiled by Andy Mills as part of the DCF Cutting Edge Project in 2006-2007. The term vairagi refers to a Hindu sadhu (ascetic) of the vaishnava sect (devoted to Vishnu and his incarnations, including Rama and Krishna), rather than the shaiva sect (devoted to Shiva and his incarnations). [SM 17/03/2008]