The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Spear with a light-brown cone-shape on top from which extends a narrow, dark-brown shaft, cut diagonally at the end to make a point. Two yellow, braids wrap around the upper cone. Where the shaft extends from the cone is a tarnished yellow-gold colored piece, below which an orange braided band transitions to the shaft, another such band wrapping just before the point.

Spear

Before 1922

Philippines

Point: metal and brass ferrule; handle: wood; sheath: wood
Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.); Blade: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Donahey 1922.26
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1922
    James Harrison “Hal” Donahey [1875–1949], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1922–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1922.26