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Partisan
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The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePartisan, c. 1650. France, 17th century. Steel; round wood haft; blade: 33 cm (13 in.); haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.31