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Grip of a hilt from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Hilt, grip; wood core, circular in section, tapering toward straight ends, bulbous centre part, bound with two-strand copper wire and 1 diagonal strip of three-strand copper wire, ferrules on both ends of plaited two-strand copper wire, rectangular tang bore.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGreep van een gevest uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia. 1700 - in or before 1743-. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.