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1886.1.847.1

Bow, made of pine wood and strengthened with whale bone. [ASh [OPS move] 26/7/2017]

1886.1.847.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bow, made of pine wood and strengthened with whale bone. [ASh [OPS move] 26/7/2017]
Long description
Bow of pine wood strengthened in the middle with a narrow strip of whale bone. Pointed at each end, with groove down the middle of the back. Plant fibre string attached. For the associated arrows see the records 1886.1.847 .2 - .7 [ASh [OPS move] 26/7/2017]
Cultural groups
Makah
Person
Field collector James Wood
Field collector HMS Pandora
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1850
Date collected
?On or before 1850
Acquisition information
Transferred: 17/02/1886, uncertain Transferred: 15/05/1950
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Whale Bone Animal, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 927 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.847.1
Research and responses

These entries seem rather confusing but it appears that despite the main entry not mentioning them there were in fact a bow and [eventually a total of] 6 arrows transferred here. I originally only made entries for 5 arrows, and have now had to make the last entry for 2 arrows. Note that it seems clear that one of the arrows (it is not clear which) only transferred here from the Ashmolean in 1950, the rest seem to have come in 1886 [AP 1/2/99]

One arrow retained by Ashmolean Prehistoric collection for comparison: transferred to PRM 1950. Also listed Coll. Misc. XI, 297. Originally entered as 'Clapet'.

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow, Composite Bow

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