halberd (spear (weapons: missiles & projectors))

Iron halberd with long wooden shaft. The shaft is cuboid in shape. The head of the halberd has one long spike and is silver in colour. The base of the head has a beak and blade on opposite sides of the central shaft. The beak is engraved with a hand pattern on one side and the blade has eleven holes engraved through it for decoration. Both the beak and the blade are narrowed to very pronounced points. The spike and head is attached to the handle by screws, and the screws are decorated near the top of the shaft with a rose pattern.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn1506
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 2355 mm x 190 mm x 28 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
iron; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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