Object Number 1958.0028.018

Object Name

Halberd

Category

Weapons, Hunting, and Fishing

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles F. Montgomery

Place of Origin

Europe or North America

Origin Notes

Found in Marblehead, Massachusetts per previous cataloguer (Scott Mangieri 09/04/2007).

Date

1725-1750

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Base of ash pole, near spike; "P" carved twice.

Materials

Iron; Ash

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

88.125 (L) , 9.528 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

223.838 (L) , 24.2 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Peterson, Harold Leslie. 1956 Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783.
• See pp. 280-288.
[Article] Dean, B. "On American Polearms, Particularly those in the Metropolitan Museum". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 1 (1)
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