Halberd
Culture
Italian
Date1575–1600
Mediumsteel and wood
Dimensions234.3 × 60.3 cm (92 1/4 × 23 3/4 in.), 4 lb, 4 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.168
DescriptionTall quadrangular thrusting spike. Flat body with downwardly angled stepped fluke reinforced at tip, cusped & pierced with holes above & below; opposed by axehead curving into lobes above & below with asymmetrical cutting edge & reinforced tip on taller upper terminal. Hole punched at base of each lobe. Open socket with langets & separate langets on sides; all secured with pyramidal headed nails. Head with rather crude punched decoration. Wooden staff of octagonal section with squared butt; probably modern.
ProvenanceGeorge L. Maxwell Anderson Galleries (NYC) Purchased by John Higgins on 30 November 1928, lot 248. Given to the Armory on 1 July 1954. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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