Spear Butt

About the Artwork

Title Spear Butt

Artwork Date late 9th or 8th century BCE

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italic

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Villanovan

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Overall: 8 1/8 × 1 inches (20.6 × 2.5 cm)

Classification Arms and Armor

Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 26.242

Copyright This work is in the public domain.