France / c. 1650
Partisan
Partisan
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Partisan as arms and armor (France · c. 1650).
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this arms and armor as steel; round wood haft.
The museum's collection notes: The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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