Partisan
Unknown Artist
c. 1650
Medium
steel; round wood haft
Dimensions
blade: h. 33 cm · haft: l. 100.5 cm
Classification
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Accession Number
1916.31
About this artwork
The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.