Circa 800 BC. A finely modelled set of three European cast bronze leaf-shaped spearheads with decorated hollow handles depicting linear and diamond decoration featuring a short socket and a raised mid-rib. Spearheads of similar features have been recovered in Middle Bronze Age Europe. Although some Bronze Age spearheads were intended for practical use as weapons in war and hunting, archaeologists believe that some were designed exclusively as religious offerings. Spearheads of all types were attached into long handles modelled in of ash or pinewood, with those functioning as votive offerings usually thrown into bodies of water. Size: L:Set of 3; 110-140mm / W:30-40mm ; 290g. Provenance: Private London collection, acquired in 2002 in Vienna; formerly in 1980s - 2000s Austrian collection.