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Description: | Iron halberd with long wooden shaft. The shaft is cuboid in shape. The head of the halberd has one long spike and is silver in colour. The base of the head has a beak and blade on opposite sides of the central shaft. The beak is engraved with a hand pattern on one side and the blade has eleven holes engraved through it for decoration. Both the beak and the blade are narrowed to very pronounced points. The spike and head is attached to the handle by screws, and the screws are decorated near the top of the shaft with a rose pattern.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn1506
caption: General view of head of Horniman Museum object no nn1506
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn1506 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood halberds (spears (weapons: missiles & projectors)) iron War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-52385 | Go to resource |
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