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Very Large Finno-Ugrian Iron Socketted Spearhead Very Large Finno-Ugrian Iron Socketted Spearhead Very Large Finno-Ugrian Iron Socketted Spearhead
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LOT 1479

Very Large Finno-Ugrian Iron Socketted Spearhead

CIRCA 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

15 1/4 in. (745 grams, 38.7 cm).

Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to facetted-section tapering socket with fastening hole; professionally cleaned, conserved, and restored. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XLII, no.26, for a similar spear-head.

Footnotes

The more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic and Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and longbows. Swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden, or from elsewhere in Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although Finnish-made items have also been found.

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LOT 1479

Very Large Finno-Ugrian Iron Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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