Handle of hilt from the wreck of the East Indiamen 't Vliegend Hart; Handle of a hilt of a white weapon consisting of a round wooden core covering vertically wrapped by three-stranded copper wire and one diagonal two-stranded copper wire. The copper wire of this specimen shines. The handle is rectangular cored; Dutch East India Company; 't Vliegend Hart (ship); Middelburg; 1700 - 3-Feb-1735; copper (metal); wood (plant material); h 9.8 cm x d 3.2 cm