The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Dark-brown barbed spear with a shape reminiscent of a stylized evergreen tree. Forming a point at the top, a barb extends down on either side in an inverted "V" shape, repeating for two-thirds of the spear before it transitions to a rectangular shaft with a hole at the lower edge. Corroded, the coarse metal is occasionally a dark-brown, and occasionally more of a dark-yellow-brown.

Barbed Spear

before 1922

Philippines

Metal
Overall: 172.7 cm (68 in.); Blade: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Gift of J. H. Donahey 1922.27
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/1922.27