Title: Spear of Emperor Ferdinand I (reigned 1558–64)
Object type: Spear
Date: dated 1558
Culture: German
Medium: Steel, wood, textile
Dimensions: L. 8 ft. 5 1/2 in. (257.8 cm); L. of head 13 in. (33 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Shafted Weapons
Credit line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Geography: Country of Origin    Germany      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY