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English crossbow
Object Number 99-12-40/52896
Display Title English crossbow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Crossbow, wood shaft, iron hardware, silver decorations
Classification
  • Firearm
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • English
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / England
Materials Wood, Iron, Silver
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 56.5 x 8.8 cm (27 3/16 x 22 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-40/52896
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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