LOT 1362 Medieval Flail with Bar Attachment
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15th century AD. A set of iron fittings for a flail comprising: a rectangular-section bar with bent terminal, a D-shaped loop above, the chain comprising twelve twisted double-links and a connecting ring; an acorn-shaped head with facetted sides. See Sturtevant, P.B., The military flail, in Medieval Warfare, January/February 2017, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 50-53, for discussion; cf. similar sample (for the head) in the Metropolitan Museum, accession number 14.25.1366, said to be a German flail from 15th century AD. 298 grams, 40cm (15 3/4"). Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s; acquired on the European art market before the late 1990s. The medieval flail was a weapon mainly used in Eastern Europe, probably created among the Steppe people and used by the Mongols, adopted by the Slavic peoples under the name of Kisten, but was probably used very little in Western Europe, where it is first represented in the 15th century in the fresco of the battle of Nineveh painted by Piero della Francesca. They were, especially if fitted with a long socket, used as shafted weapons by the Hussite and peasant militia. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.
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