spearhead
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19720103-009
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Event
1837-1838 Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions
1837 Battle of Saint-Charles - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1837 or later
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Montréal, Township / District - Île-de-Montréal, County of
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, edged
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1837/01/01
- Latest 1972/12/31
- Materials Steel
- Measurements Length 26.2 cm, Width 14.1 cm, Thickness 1.0 cm
- Caption Pike Head, Hand-Forged
- Additional Information Patriote Pike-Head, 1837.A Patriote carried this pike-head at the Battle of St. Charles in 1837. An almost identical weapon appears on this painting of Patriotes at Beauharnois in 1838."Our partisans managed to gather about one hundred hunting muskets, most of which dated from the time of the French. Others were armed with pitchforks, used as pikes, and scythes transformed into sabres."François-Xavier Prieur, Patriote