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Spearhead
Spearhead
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Spearhead

Dateprobably Middle Ages, about 800-1200
Mediumiron
Dimensions39.4 × 2.5 × 4 cm (15 1/2 × 1 × 1 9/16 in.), 11 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.479
DescriptionIron spearhead with long, tubular socket. Long, leaf-shaped blade with low midrib on both faces.ProvenancePurchased by John Higgins from Sumner Healey, N.Y., April 30, 1929.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2204
Spearhead
European
perhaps 800-1200
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French
probably 800-1400
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European
probably Middle Ages (about 500-1500)
Spearhead
European
probably late Bronze Age, about 1200–800 BCE
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French
possibly 900s–1300s
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European
probably 1400s-1500s
Spearhead
European
probably Middle Ages, about 800-1100
Spearhead
European
probably late Bronze Age, about 1200–800 BCE
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Maasai people, Eastern African
late 1800s
Spearhead
European
probably late Bronze Age, about 1200–800 BCE
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European
late 1500s–early 1600s