Barbed Spear
1850–1922
- Medium
- Metal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 172.7 cm (68 in.); Blade: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Philippines, Northern Luzon, Ifugao, likely Lepanto area
About
This forged iron spearhead features a long central blade and multiple paired barbs tapering in a tree-like silhouette. Its stepped barbed form aligns with spears documented in Eastern Lepanto and Northern Nueva Vizcaya.