13th-8th century BCE
L. 24.1 x W. 3.8 cm (9 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Dr. and Mrs. Milford D. Schulz purchased at the Louis Joseph auction company, Boston (ca. 1950s).
Steel, watered steel, and gold
18th-19th centuryIndianIron
Japanese
Iron
1st century BCEElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze
1st millennium BCEChinese
Iron
4th-3rd century BCELead
Watered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndian
Bronze
4th-2nd century BCELead
Iron
Chinese