Halberd

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Halberd by an unknown artist is a weapon with a long, thin metal shaft. The head of the weapon has a large, wide, axe-like blade on one side with a curved top edge and a pointed bottom edge. There are small holes in a circle on the wide blade and several small holes along the bottom edge. A smaller, thinner, spike-like metal piece extends from the bottom of the wide blade to the top of the image. The smaller metal piece has a narrower, pointed blade-like protrusion on the right side. The long shaft is rounded and becomes obscured from view at the bottom. The background is flat and light gray, with the weapon casting a slight shadow.