Spearhead

European

ca. 800–1000

Not on view

The decoration, featuring concentric circles inlaid in silver, is unusual on a spearhead of this period.

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Title: Spearhead
Date: ca. 800–1000
Culture: European
Medium: Steel, silver
Dimensions: L. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm); L. of blade 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Wt. 15.7 oz. (444 g)
Classification: Shafted Weapons
Credit Line: Purchase, Helmut Nickel Gift; Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay and Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, by exchange; and Rogers Fund, 1989
Object Number: 1989.220
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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