Hand and a Half Sword

Unknown Artist

ca. 1500–1525

Hand and a Half Sword by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, leather, wood

Dimensions

L. 50 1/4 in. (127.6 cm); L. of blade 37 3/4 in. (96 cm); Wt. 4 lb. (1814 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

German

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. and Helmut Nickel Gifts, Rogers Fund, Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1988

Accession Number

1988.26

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