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Pair of Rowel Spurs

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two spurs with brown leather straps and metal parts; straps have metal buckles; metal parts have etched designs; each spur has a rowel with many points; straps have same etched design on both; rowels are different; one rowel has a flower-like shape with rounded points; the other rowel has star-like shape with sharper points; both spurs on gray background. Pair of Rowel Spurs.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1600
Medium:: Iron alloy, leather, possibly tin
Culture:: German
Dimensions:: 599 × 428 px
Museum record:: View original

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