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Partisan
Partisan
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Partisan

Dateearly 1500s
Mediumsteel, wood, brass and textiles
Dimensions270.5 × 14 cm (106 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.), 6 lb (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsMark on staff below 1 langet, traces of what maybe "CX" mark of the Venetian Armory of the Council of 10.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.152
DescriptionVery long double-edge triangular blade of hollow-ground section to either side of strong full-length medial rib extending to reinforced point. Integral socket of octagonal section with pair of langets.

Original (?) wooden staff of octagonal section with iron butt cap, probably associated, & studded with brass nails at ends.
ProvenanceClarence H. Mackay collection (#J-124)
purchased by the Museum on June 1, 1942 from Gimbel Brothers (NYC).
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2204
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Italian
late 1500s–early 1600s
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English
late 1600s
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Italian
late 1500s
Halberd
German
early 1600s
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Italian
1500s
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Northern Italian
1550–1600
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Eastern European
late 1600s–early 1700s
Bill (roncone)
Northern Italian
late 1400s–early 1500s
Side A
Italian
about 1600–1625