Halberd
Culture
Italian
Date1550–1600
Mediumwood, steel, brass and textile
Dimensions254 × 56.5 cm (100 × 22 1/4 in.), 5 lb, 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsOn langet yellow painted 'WAM'. WAM# 1920.20 scratched near tip
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.179
DescriptionSteel. Long, flat spearhead of flattened hexagonal section, slotted along its axis. Balustered base with open work terminal. Downturned, pierced fluke, cusped below, opposite crescentic axehead, pierced on its face. Open socket extending down wooden staff as pair of langets, secured by nails. This section of staff velvet covered, held by brass tacks with tassel above & below. Staff of octagonal section with spike-like ferrule. Head decorated overall with incised foliation & geometric patterns.ProvenanceGift to Higgins Armory Museum from Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, MA) on June 19, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
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1625–1650
