bow
- Museum number
- Oc1855,1220.54
- Description
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Bow of wood, with fibre cord.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1855)
- Dimensions
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Height: 171 centimetres
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Width: 6 centimetres
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Depth: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.175:
54. Wood bow, light in colour and weight. Length 5 feet 7 inches. Used by females in Otaheiti. Surgeon Leak.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty through Sir John Liddell, C.B. (the Museum of Haslar Hospital)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1855,1220.54
