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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Spear Butt
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.

Spear Butt

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureIranian
Dateca. 1000-300 B.C.
MediumBronze
Dimensionsl 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
w. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.59
GeographyDescriptionA bronze spear butt, square in cross-section and tapering to its tip.ProvenanceFrances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996Exhibition History“A Bridge from East to West: Near Eastern Art from the Frances and Frederick Wilkins Collection,” San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 9, 1995-Feb. 25, 1996
Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Spear
Culture: Tuareg
19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frederick Wilkins.
Lance
Culture: Persian or Indian
18th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Dr. Robert R. Clemons.
Cross-shaped spear with downward tip blades (chidori jūmonji yari)
Culture: Japanese
17th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Helmet
Culture: Greek
ca. 650-600 B.C.
Image Not Available for Spear Head
Spear Head
Culture: Iranian
ca. 1200-1000 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Sumerian
ca. 2500 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Sword
Culture: Iranian
ca. 1200-1000 BC
Image Not Available for Juji yari, or short spear with blade shaped as the character for “ten”
Juji yari, or short spear with blade shaped as the character for “ten”
Culture: Japanese
1853
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Dr. Robert Clemons
Spear (senkaku yari) and fittings (koshirae) with inscription in lacquer
Culture: Japanese
Early- 18th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Dr. Robert R. Clemons.
Five-pronged spear (sode garami)
Culture: Japanese
18th century maybe earlier
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Dr. Robert R. Clemons.
Flail with concealed chain and weight (furizue)
Culture: Japanese
19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Dagger
Culture: Iranian
9th-8th century B.C.

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