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LOT 1061
Massive Viking Age Finno-Ugrian Spearhead
CIRCA 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
16 5/8 in. (388 grams, 42.2 cm).
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade and long tubular socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XI no.11, for comparable example.
FootnotesThe more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and long bows, while swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden or from elsewhere Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although there are some Finnish made finds too.
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