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1886.1.115

Long bow with asymmetrical limbs. [El.B 22/2/2007]

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1886.1.115

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Collection type
Object
Description
Long bow with asymmetrical limbs. [El.B 22/2/2007]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Shimonseki [Simono Seki]
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector R. Williams
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1864
Date collected
1864
Acquisition information
Transferred: 08/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Bound, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Split
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.115
Research and responses

Please note there is no further information about R. Williams in the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

"Simono-seki" is a reference to the Shimonoseki Campaign of 1863-4. [Dan Hicks 22/8/2019]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow

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