Composite bow with nocked tips and colouring. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Composite bow with nocked tips and colouring. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]
Long description: Composite bow backed with horn. The interior of the bow could be covered in birch bark, which has then been lacquered. Both limbs bound immediately below animal bone 'stops'. The nocks and tips are coloured white. Green coloured shagreen is present near the yellow and white cork covered grip. String lacking. [ASh [OPS move] 4/8/2017]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; [Manchuria Manzhou]
Cultural groups: Manchu
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Shagreen Skin Fish, Material Cork Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Process Notched, Process Bound, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Covered
Dimensions: Depth: max 26 mm, Width: max 455 mm, Length: max 1223 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.283

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