Card/Transcription No.: 228-1

228. Decorated wooden bow.

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1. Position
Between outermost and second shrines: standing on left (south)
side of doors.
Wrapped in a bundle with nos. 225-230

2. Dimensions
Max. L. 193.3
Diam. in centre 3.2: at tips .8

3. Description
Bow of hard fine-grained reddish brown wood. In centre a band of
gold sheeting, 22.2 long. No gesso backing. Turned round bow;
edges overlapped and glued.
Overlapping either end of this there was a band 2 wide of thicker
gold, bent round stick and edges glued in same way. On these an
incised rope & scroll pattern

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