Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Arms & ArmorShafted Weaponspossibly 17th century

Artwork Details

Title	Spear
Medium	Steel, iron
Dimensions	L. 63 in. (160 cm); L. of head 26 5/16 in. (66.8 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. 4 lbs. 3.4 oz. (1910.8 g)
Classification	Shafted Weapons
Department	Arms & Armor
Date	possibly 17th century
Credit Line	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Culture	Indian, Vizianagram, Madras
Date Range	1601 – 1700

Provenance

City

Madras

Artifacts from Madras

late 19th centuryToomeri

20th centuryNāgasvaram

mid-20th centuryVeenu

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 30764