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Spearhead
Spearhead
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Spearhead

Date700s BCE
Mediumcast bronze
Dimensions29.5 × 4.3 cm (11 5/8 × 1 11/16 in.), 11.4 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.474
DescriptionOf cast bronze. Solid conical socket with 2 opposing rivet holes 0.017 m. from base. Leaf-shaped blade with half round medial rib to point. Hollow central area for shaft faceted to a point halfway to tip.
ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins from Sumner Healey, N.Y. 30 April 1929. Given to the Armory on 15 December 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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