Halberd

Artist Hans Balthasar Bodmer (Swiss, active 1605–1630)

Dateabout 1600–1625

Mediumsteel and wood

Dimensions193.5 × 22 cm (76 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.), 4 lb, 14 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsMaker's mark

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.154

Label TextThis rather late example of a halberd hearkens back to the stout, businesslike design of halberds of the Middle Ages. Similar weapons had helped the Swiss win their independence from Austria, and by the 1600s they had acquired a historical symbolism similar to that of the Minuteman's musket to modern Americans.ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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