Boar spear: HEN.M.336-1933

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Unknown (Uncertain)

Entities

Boar spear

Categories

Weapons

Description

Boar spear.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century, Mid#
Production date: circa AD 1550

Note

Used for hunting wild boar, a particularly ferocious prey, which is the reason it has a large, broad leaf-shaped head. Boar spears normally had a small cross piece below the blade, missing from this example, which prevented the blade penetrating too deeply into the animal. Unusually, the staff of this weapon appears to be original.

Components of the work

Spear composed of steel

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.336-1933
Primary reference Number: 19300
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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