20th century
41.91 x 6.03 cm (16 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Lead or Pewter
Copper
15th-13th century BCEHittiteLead
Bronze
2nd millennium BCEGreekWood
JapaneseCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrishSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndianSteel, watered steel, and gold
18th-19th centuryIndianMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChineseCopper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianLeaded copper
5th century BCEGreek