At the entrance to the anthropology galleries, a very long row of spears from the Thanjavur armoury are exhibited against the wall.

Cannon with tiger head

   Length : 312.5 cm.
   Height with carriage : 138.5 cm.
   Gun metal.

   Cannon mounted on a four-wheeled carriage. The muzzle end of the cannon, the end of the cascabel and the ends of the trunnions are shaped like concentrated tiger heads on it is inscribed the following: "This gun is believed to have been taken at the fall of Seringapatam in the year 1799". The carriage has the following inscription on its rim. " A Brooml. Gun foundry, cassipore, 1851".

Cannon - Tipu Sultan

     It is a cannon captured during the operations against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. It is probably of French manufacture. It is made up of gun metal and has a length of 75 cms.