Maker: Unknown
All steel. Long square section point, with a flower bud mounding and rounded cube, a round section shaft becoming octagonal at either side of a CHECK OBJECT with a central grip, round section butt spike with a plain ovoid knop. The head is at the base with incised scrolls edged with punched circles, the shaft with incised scales decorated with punched crescents
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Head Length: 82 cm
Overall Length: 234 cm
Weight: 2250 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1900
Correctly called ‘long iron spear sangh’ by Taylor (Richardson, Thom, 2007).
Accession number: O.28-1879
Primary reference Number: 158335
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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