Lance Head
Unknown
ca. 1500 · Steel, gold · Arms and Armor
The skillfully chiseled fluting patterns on the socket of this lance head are characteristic of Mamluk iron work and can be seen on Mamluk ax and mace shafts, and other lance heads. The long lance was one of the prime weapons of Mamluk cavalrymen.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1500
- Medium
- Steel, gold
- Culture
- Syrian or Egyptian
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
