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Carter No.: 370ff

Handlist description: Stave of bow (in bad condition)

Card/Transcription No.: 370ff-2


370, FF.

SECTION 370, FF. NAT. SIZE.

<> BACK SIDE BELLY

The stave of the bow probably lost its shape due to warping.

<>

<> SCALE 1/100 gold binding 15.0 19.5 17.0 broken 62.0

The 'horn' from above. SCALE 1/2 <>

The stave of the bow is made up of four strips of wood (kind of wood unknown) along apparently the whole length of the two limbs, which are glued together (see section) and form the 'back', the 'sides' and the 'heart'; the belly being made up of a gelatinous substance, and the whole of the stave enveloped with bark (of a thick brown colour like cherry)

Card no. 370ff-2 relating to Carter no. 370ff
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