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Description: | Crossbow (Hunting - bolt). A bi-convex wooden stock that tapers to a short, sub-traingulate butt. The top of the stock and the butt are inlaid with strips of ivory (that on the butt's end being a replacement). The stock is cracked and has some woodworm damage.The steel prod is secured by sinew cord bridles that have been coate with pipe clay or white wash. And the backsight and the bolt holder seem to be crudely made replacements.
OBJECT REQUIRES CONSERVATION.
Material: Wood
Technique: Inlaid, Material: Steel
Material: Ivory | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.176003 | Go to resource |
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