Vol. VI, No. 1.] 



[N.S.] 



Fashion in Iron Styles 



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The last series on plate xx is composed of the following 



four figures : 



Fig. 

 Fig. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 



28 

 29. 



30 

 31 



Type 

 Type 



Type 

 Type 



16. 



16. 

 16. 

 17. 



Style No. 



Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Stylo No. 



10670, from the Malabar District. 



from South Canara. 

 from the Malabar District, 

 from the Malabar District. 



10672, 

 10311. 

 1069 1 , 



Heavy cigar-shaped styles, such as is figured as 28, come 



Tvoe 16 from Malabar : and if ornamented they 



yP " become like figs. 29 and 30, the first of 



which was received from South Canara, an adjoining District : 



otherwise the examples have all come from Malabar. 



The weights and length of these pens are : 



District of Origin 



Malabar, Pannianur 

 Malabar, Anjengo 

 Malabar 



Malabar, Pannianur 

 Malabar, Pannianur 

 Malabar, Pannianur 

 Malabar . . 

 South Canara 

 Malabar, Anjengo 

 Malabar, Pannianur 

 Malabar, Pannianur 



Average 



10680 

 10812 

 10668 

 10676 

 10679 



10678 

 10665 

 10823 

 10811 

 10672 

 10670 



Length in 

 Inches. 



5t 

 6| 



7 



74 



8* 

 9 



11', 

 11| 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 





Distance 



in inches of 



the Centre of 



Gravity from 



the tip. 





2 



3 V 

 31 



8 

 10+ 



8-40 



4-61 



31 



4y 

 5 



54 

 51 



n 



5-52 



We find in the same part of India styles that taper evenly 



Type 17. 



from a flat head to the point (fig. 31). 



District of Origin 



Malabar, 



Malabar 



Malabar 



Malabar 



Malabar 



Anjengo 



* • 



10814 



10698 



10693 



10^8 



10691 



• • 



A verage 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



71 



101 

 12 



9 25 



31 



17 



655 



Distance 



in inches of 



the Centre of 



Gravity from 



the tip. 



4 

 7 



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