Bow, made of wood. No string found attached. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, made of wood. No string found attached. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]
Long description: Bow, made of wood, which is carved with flat, wide lobes which lead to long, thin tips. The bow thins at the grip in the centre of the bow. There is an incised, crosshatched pattern along the borders of the bow, which is more elaborate on the front. No string found attached. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Incised, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1758 mm, Width: max 79 mm, Depth: max 233 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.15.54
Associated publications: JAI, 1878: 457 'Bow as used by all the tribes except those of North and Little Andaman (4 specimens sent) Pl XIV [Taken from the 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese Implements Ornaments etc presented to Major-General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man, 18th September 1877'] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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