Halberd

Unknown Artist

1550–1600

Halberd by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, wood (walnut), textile (velvet), brass

Dimensions

L. 9 ft. 7 in. (292.1 cm); L. of head 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm); W. 13 in. (33.1 cm); Wt. 5 lbs. 10 oz. (2551 g)

Classification

Shafted Weapons

Culture

German or French

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, 1896

Accession Number

96.5.15

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