MEDIEVAL IRON ARROW HEADS (5)

c. 1000-1300 AD. Medieval. A mixed lot of five arrowheads (from left to right); 1) triangular arrowhead with rounded shoulders and tang; 2) Narrow, leaf-shaped arrowhead with slight shoulders narrowing into the tang; 3) Elongated triangular arrowhead with rounded shoulders and tang; 4) triangular arrowhead with elongated point and tang; 5) Small leaf-shaped arrowhead with tang. Arrows were a key part of medieval society both as instruments of war but also as weapons for hunting. One of the most evocative images of arrows as weapons of war appears on the Bayeux Tapestry, where King Harold is depicted after taking an arrow to the eye, leading to the Norman victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD. For further information on arrowheads, see C. Rau (2017) European Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts: From the Bronze Age to the Late Middle Ages. Fair condition. Size: L:48-132mm; 78g. Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980s.