The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 28, 2026

A banner pole features a slender shaft of nearly black wood, shifting to a striated reddish-brown near the top. A gray metal head with a leaf-shaped blade crowns the piece, joined by a cylindrical collar with raised rings. The shaft descends vertically, tapering at the base to a small metal point. Its simple form highlights the contrast between the matte, weathered metal and the deep, polished tones of the wood.
1500s

Spain

wood
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1885.b
Location: Not on view
  • Bashford Dean
  • Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 259, M12 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child (pole)|url=false|author=|year=1500s|access-date=28 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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