With a green and brown patina, the blade in a bevelled form, the body curved with an attachment loop on this base, and decorated with five “taotie” 饕餮 and wolves masks "guardians" setting up different styles on the lenght of the object, revealed by the embossed lines appearing among some “leiwen”. Note that the “taotie ”and “phusou” corresponding to heaven are on the fixed portion, while the wolves masks are on the blade, linked to earth and the death. This kind of weapon is called “mao” 矛 wich originally 216 cm long including the wooden shaft. Common restoration, beautiful conservation.

Compare with a similar piece with a dark patina at Beijing museum dated from the Warring States period, and an other dated from the 2th century BC (Western Han) find among five escavated in the weapons chamber of the King of Chu at Shizishan.