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Carter No.: 244

Handlist description: Long wooden bow bearing gold decoration

Card/Transcription No.: 244


244 LONG WOODEN BOW - bearing gold decoration.

POSITION: Original. Lying on ground, south side, beside shrine 238 with groups 243 and 245

DIMENSIONS: L. 191 centimetres.

DESCRIPTION: A long plain wooden bow decorated with sheet gold at the ends and centre. Had been wrapped in linen tied in several places. Remains of bow-string Ornamentation on gold <> collars terminating the gold sheaths Wood badly eaten in places by insects TREATMENT: Cleaned with damp sponge. Gold refastened where loose with glue Bow-string treated with duroprene.

Card no. 244 relating to Carter no. 244
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