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1886.1.728

Bow made of wood. The strings are made of sinew. There is a rectangular metal plate affixed to the inside of the wood. [NC 25/09/2015]

1886.1.728

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bow made of wood. The strings are made of sinew. There is a rectangular metal plate affixed to the inside of the wood. [NC 25/09/2015]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector HMS Griper
Field collector George Francis Lyon
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1825?, uncertain
Date collected
?On or before 1825
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Animal Sinew, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Plaited, Process Tied, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 290 mm, Length: max 1178 mm, Depth: max 48 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.728 Other numbers: ?395
Research and responses

This object was examined by Jonathan King (MAA Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge). The visit took place 28/09/2015. [NC 23/11/2015]

This object is not listed in the list of items donated by Lyon in Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry page 155 [AP 21/7/99]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow, Composite Bow, Amulet

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