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LOT 1830
Large Medieval Tanged Iron Incendiary Fire Arrowhead
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 5/8 in. (31.9 grams, 16.9 cm).
Comprising a long slender tang and balustered neck, rectangular head with 'chisel' blade, median slot and hole for attachment of flammable material.
Provenance
Acquired from a USA private collector in the 1990s.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
Literature
See Jessop, O., Medieval Arrowheads, Finds Research Group datasheet 22, Lincoln, 1997.
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