Halberd

Culture Italian

Dateabout 1600–1625

Mediumsteel, brass, wood with textiles

Dimensions228.6 × 41 cm (90 × 16 1/8 in.), 3 lb, 11 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.167

DescriptionShort quadrangular thrusting spike arising from flat open socket with langets. Stepped, cusped, pierced, long slightly downturned fluke with reinforced point opposed by flat tall crescentic axehead drawn into pierced lobes above & below, with pointed ends, upper of which is reinforced. Wooden shaft of octagonal section, upper 1/5 of which is encased in velvet, secured by brass tacks with pair of tassels above & below. Fitted for a lost butt-cap.

Indistinct traces of punched decoration overall on head.
ProvenanceGift to Higgins Armory Museum from Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, MA) on June 19, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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