- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden bow notched at either end with ridge on the outside. The wood has been strained. [FB 17/8/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Stained, Process Notched, Process Carved, Process Grooved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 17 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 1959 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1844 PR Cat other PR nos: 248
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow
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