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Carter No.: 370ff

Handlist description: Stave of bow (in bad condition)

Card/Transcription No.: 370ff-1


370, FF. STAVE OF BOW (in bad condition)
(See 370, MM).

A compound bow; made of four strips of wood glued together; the 'belly' composed of a gelatinous substance; the whole covered with bark (of ? cherry-like kind) See details and dimensions attached. One of the '1imbs' broken near horn. Estimated L. 124 cents. from horn to horn. The 'string' at centre 17 cents from 'belly' of bow, but probably the bow has lost its shape due to warping, etc. The upper and lower limbs bound with a band of thin gold some 25 cents from the centre. String missing (see note on fragments of string from these bows). See note attached.

Card no. 370ff-1 relating to Carter no. 370ff
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