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Oct 22, 2010
Pricked Spur
Pricked Spur
1200s
Steel
Overall: 14.9 x 7.9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Weight: .06
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1604
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The spur was an essential part of the knight's equipment. Fastened to his heels by means of straps and buckles, it was used to prod a horse into action. These examples represent the oldest type recorded, the "pricked" spur, so-called because its neck terminated in a spike. The pricked spur was replaced during the Middle Ages by the "rowel" spur, with a rotating spiked wheel.
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