Composite bow from China with attached string. [ASh [OPS move] 27/2/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Composite bow from China with attached string. [ASh [OPS move] 27/2/2018]
Long description: Composite bow from China. The bow is made from wood, on the exterior, animal horn on the interior and decorated with gold lacquer. The grip is covered in a cream coloured cork. The back of the bow is lacquered with white and red flowers on a black ground. The string is made from cane and tightly bound silk and secured to the bow with plant fibre string. There is a green coloured pocket in the centre [to hold the pellet] of the string which is covered in a green coloured leather. [ASh [OPS move] 27/2/2018]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Liaoning Shen-yang
Person: Field collector Robert T. Turley; PRM source Robert T. Turley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1899
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Material Cork Plant, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Carved, Process Tied, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Length: max 876 mm, Width: max 115 mm, Depth: max 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1899.74.17