Spear Head

Currently not on view

Spear Head,

2000 – 1600 BCE

Cypriote
Middle Bronze Age
y1937-270

Information

Title
Spear Head
Dates

2000 – 1600 BCE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. 41.3 cm., w. 5.0 cm., d. 1.7 cm. (16 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874
Object Number
y1937-270
Culture
Cypriote
Period
European Bronze Age styles and periods
Type
spearheads

Potentially purchased by Allan Marquand, Class of 1874, at an unknown date from the Cesnola collection; given to the Museum by Marquand by at least 1924.

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