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1884.15.105

Leather covered wooden bow with string. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]

1884.15.105

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leather covered wooden bow with string. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]
Long description
Bow, made from wood, which has been covered with dark brown leather. Along the body of the bow are five ornamented bands of plaited white and yellow metal strips. The bow string is made from a thin strip of iron. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]
Geographical reference
Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Cultural groups
Asante
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal, Material Metal, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 942 mm, Width: max 119 mm, Depth: max 25 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.15.105 PR Cat other PR nos: 245a
Research and responses

1873 - 1874 Second Ashanti War campaigns of Sir Garnet Wolseley who entered the Ashanti capital Coomassie on February 4 1874. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow

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