Spearhead

Museum number:
8-1519
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb A, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb A
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
November 1896
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 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 8-1519, described as Iron spearhead, broken. Description from Matteucig (1951): Six fragments of an iron spear. Two fragments belong to the blade; four to the handle. Bronze coils around handle which originally was inserted into a wooden shaft as shown by remains of wood fibres. Total length, 43.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXII, 1).

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