Spear Shaft

Dateprobably early 1900s

Mediumiron and wood

Dimensions27.5 × 3 × 1.8 cm (10 13/16 × 1 3/16 × 11/16 in.)
13 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.163.2

DescriptionIron with pronounced grain. Elongated leaf shaped head, double edged & of flattened lozenge section with curved shoulders below. Tall closed conical integral socket welded up along one face, head appears to have been excavated and later ground down in order to be repolished. Attached via transverse screw in socket to long thin wooden shaft of circular section with rounded butt. Head may well be medieval. Piece has been greatly reduced.

With former staff, 161.3 cm long.ProvenanceAngelo Peyron (Florence, Italy) collection
Purchased by Museum on November 4, 1954 from Savoy Art & Auction Galleries (NYC), sale no. 450, lot no. 37, included HAM#s 3065.1-5.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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