Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Arms & ArmorShafted Weapons18th–19th century

Artwork Details

Title	Spear with Detachable Knife Head
Medium	Steel, wood (pepper reed), silver, velvet
Dimensions	L. 73 1/2 in. (186.7 cm); L. of head 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); L. of sheath 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 2.4 oz. (521.6 g); Wt. of sheath 0.8 oz. (22.7 g)
Classification	Shafted Weapons
Department	Arms & Armor
Date	18th–19th century
Credit Line	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Culture	Indian
Date Range	1701 – 1900

More shafted weapons from the Indian tradition

18th centuryCeremonial Mace

18th centuryJavelin or Spear

17th centurySpear

18th centuryLance

possibly 18th centuryMace

18th–19th centuryJavelin with Dagger

18th–19th centurySpear

18th–19th centuryAxe

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 30705