A4424
Exeter has a large and important collection of armour dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.
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682/1910
683/1910
86/1920/3
86/1920/4
50/1929/18
853/1989/34
This is part of a buckle used in the legionary soldier’s armour.
E509/1
Matching armoured sleeves (kote) were created in the late 12th century.
E509/2
60/1948/82/1
This arrow carries an iron barbed tip and is associated with hunting small animals.
E1262
Archery was important for hunting and warfare on many western Pacific islands.
589/1902
Arrows are used mainly when hunting for food.
75/1947/18b
A Native American arrow. The story of this arrow is unclear although it was acquired during a period of great upheaval for Native Americans who saw their traditional way of life threatened and forcibly changed.
51/1916/13
Arrow used in hunting. The tip is made from walrus ivory.
51/1916/16
An arrow used in hunting. The head is carved from walrus ivory.
51/1916/21
Hunting arrow. The tip is made from walrus ivory.
631/1997
This arrow has a blunt bone point instead of a sharp one.
3/1994/7
An ivory hunting arrow head associated with the Inuit of the Arctic region.
54/1943/58
This leaf-shaped arrowhead dates to the Neolithic period and comes from Haldon in Devon.
50/1948/16/19
This arrowhead from predynastic Egypt is similar to prehistoric stone tools found in Neolithic Europe.
54/1943/59
139/1935/1356
This leaf-shaped arrowhead was found at the Neolithic site at Hembury in Devon.
119/1931/356
50/1948/16/20
94/1998/76/1
94/1998/76/2
15/1994/24
This barbed and tanged arrowhead is a characteristic hunting tool of the Bronze Age.
94/1998/76/3
15/1994/31