Title: Socket from a Ceremonial Spearhead or Staff, Decorated with the Name of the Fourth Dalai Lama
Object type: Socket from a spearhead or a ceremonial staff
Date: ca. 1607–17
Culture: Tibetan or Mongolian
Medium: Iron, gold, silver
Dimensions: L. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Classification: Shafted Weapons
Credit line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2005
Geography: Country of Origin    Mongolia      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY