Spear (Mdung)

Medium

Iron, wood, yak hair, silk

Dimensions

L. overall 74 5/8 in. (189.6 cm); L. of spearhead 20 7/8 in. (53 cm); L. of shaft 56 7/8 in. (144.5 cm)

Classification

Shafted Weapons

Culture

Tibetan

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001

Accession Number

2001.179a, b