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Lance
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Lance

Culture
Date1600s–1700s
Mediumwood, steel and paint
Dimensions365.9 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm (12 ft, 3 × 3 in.), 4 lb, 3 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.262
DescriptionWood, long tapering lance with handgrip tapered front and back. Long butt. Fluted forward of handgrip to base of head which has long iron trianglar pikehead with very short langets.Traces of polychrome, red with darker recesses in the fluting.
ProvenanceBashford Dean collection purchased by Museum on October 26, 1950 from Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (NYC), sale no. 1186. Price of $30 included HAM#s 2881.1-3. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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German
late 1600s–early 1700s
Scabbard for Kilij
Turkish
1800s
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English
about 1839
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Gujarati
1700s–early 1800s
Halberd
German
1500–1525
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Italian
1600s
Eastern African
late 1800s
Eastern African
late 1800s