Friuli Spear
Culture
Italian
Datelate 1500s–early 1600s
Mediumsteel, wood and textile
Dimensions268.6 × 72.4 cm (105 3/4 × 28 1/2 in.), 5 lb, 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsBoth faces of head with indistinct stamped maker's mark near base of 1 of side blades.
WAM 1920.32 in yellow paint at base of socket.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.161
DescriptionGrainy steel. Long quadrangular thrusting spike at base of which arises pair of outwardly curving flat blades, sharpened on the upper curve, with stepped, reinforced point at end of each. 10-sided conical socket, probably extending down in pair of langets, now obscured by velvet casing & tassels. Octagonal section wooden staff (probably modern) with modern iron shod butt.
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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