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LOT 1121

Medieval Iron Arrowhead Group

13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

2 - 4 1/2 in. (59 grams total, 5-11.6 cm).

Comprising tanged arrowheads of various types. [7]

Provenance

Acquired before 1972.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Michalak, A., Arma confinii, przemiany późnośredniowiecznej broni na rubieżach Śląska, Wielkopolski, Branderburgii i Łużyc (Arma confinii, transformations of late medieval weapons on the borders of Silesia, Wielkopolska, Brandenburg and Lusatia, in Polish), Zielona Gora, 2019, pls.92-128, for similar projectiles.

Footnotes

The projectiles belong to the type 1 of the A. Michalak classification. In Western Europe, especially from the 13th century onwards, arrows were made in various forms including: simple cone-shaped heads, rhomboid heads, hooked heads, heads with various curved barbs, willow-shaped heads, triangular and flat-bladed heads, crescent-shaped heads and sometimes as petal-shaped and battering heads.

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LOT 1121

Medieval Iron Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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