Spearhead

Museum number:
8-1623
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb B, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb B
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1623, described as Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1623, described as Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1623, described as Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1623, described as Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1623, described as Iron spearhead. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron spear in many fragments, with traces of wooden handle. Total length, about 40.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 15).

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