Bark cover for the bow 1905.81.5 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 27/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bark cover for the bow 1905.81.5 .1 [ASh [OPS move] 27/9/2017]
Long description: Bark cover for the bow 1905.81.5 .1. The cover is secured into place with brass metal studs. The front of the case has been decorated with a gold lacquered pattern including images of flowers, birds and skulls. [ASh [OPS move] 27/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet; Dongtse Monastery
Person: Field collector British Expedition to Tibet; Field collector Francis Edward Younghusband Expedition; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: By 1905
Acquisition information: Loaned: 05/1905 Bequeathed: 02/1939
Materials and processes: Material Birch Bark Wood Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 339 mm, Length: max 593 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1905.81.5.2
Research and responses: The British Punitive Expedition might also be the Younghusband Expedition to Tibet. [MdeA 30/7/99]
Dr. La Rocca from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, noted that these bows are usually wooden, overlaid with a layer of horn and then with birchbark strips. [CF 16/10/2002]
This bow was reconstructed by Andrew Hall. In an email he noted 'I reconstructed the bow in its probable shape before the lower tip was broken off and nailed back on at a different angle. I suspect that the original was left stung for a long period and the lower limb overpowered the upper leading to the uneven bends in the limbs.' [MJD 02/12/2013]

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