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Object Number
99-12-40/52895
Display Title
Crossbow
Descriptions
Object Description
Crossbow
Inventory Description
Crossbow, carved wood shaft, incised metal plate, metal mechanical components, metal crossbar, fiber string
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1801
Artist
Joseph Heylin
Culture
- English
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
England
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
London
Materials
Wood , Iron , Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 78.7 × 71.6 × 11.2 cm (31 × 28 3/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-40/52895
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Charles Willson Peale
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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