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Carter No.: 596s

Handlist description: Stave of compound bow

Card/Transcription No.: 596s


596, S. STAVE OF BOW.

A stave of compound bow, composed of four thin strips of a hard wood arranged parallel to one another and vertical in section and having the intervals between then filled in with a gelatinous substance (see section): the whole covered with bark (? birch) which has been ornamented with bark decoration. The end of one limb is gilt, while the end of the other was plain bark. L. 92.5 cents. The bow much warped and out of shape.

<> Section. hard wood bark covering gelatinous substance Apparently the whole length of the stave.

(See photo)

Card no. 596s relating to Carter no. 596s
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