A military partisan or Langue de Boeuf North European, 17th century. The head formed of a broad blade of flattened diamond section double-edged over its full length, the upper third with recessed sides (in slight asymmetry) tapering to a triangular point, and with tubular socket fitted with a later pair of iron straps: on later wooden haft. Head cm. Overall length 261 cm. Cf. an example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. ). See WALDMAN, John, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, Boston 2005, p. 134, f, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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