Spear
Culture
Persian
or
Culture
Indian
Date1800s
Mediumiron, silver, and wood
Dimensions208 × 57 cm (81 7/8 × 22 7/16 in.), 1 lb, 14 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.248
DescriptionIron long hollow-ground + section thrusting blade, with double edges tapering gently to point of quadrangular section. Integral tall closed conical socket, decorated with silver koft-gari in alternate spiral bands of running undulating foliation & cross-hatched patterns. Head 22 9/16" long.Head formerly plugged onto reddish brown lacquered associated wooden shaft of circular section with squared unshod butt.
ProvenanceEx collection Angelo Peyron (Florence, Italy). Purchased by the Museum on 6 November 1954, from Savoy Art and Auction Galleries (NYC), sale no. 450, lot no. 862. Price of $45 included HAM#s 3094.1-3. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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