Spear
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, Wood, Iron
Measurements
28 mm (Width); 2560 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328950
Summary
Japanese spear. Small steel head mounted on iron ferrule with decorative notches. Long wooden shaft with four plain iron bands and three further notched ferrules. Blunt metal spike to end.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker