- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bow, made from wood.
- Long description
- Bow, made from wood. Attached to one tip of the bow is a twisted plant fibre bowstring. The bowstring is wound around one end of the bow and tied to the midpoint of the bow. [SB [OPS move] 8/8/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1874
- Date collected
- ?By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Tied, Process Wound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1300 mm, Width: max 65 mm, Depth: max 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.15.6 PR Cat other PR nos: 239
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow
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