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Title
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Cross-bow
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HCA Identifier
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Af1940,22.1
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Collection Location
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Collection British Museum, Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, London, England
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Date
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1906
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Location
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Nigeria
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Description
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This West African crossbow (Nigerian) was most likel made by whether the Yoruba or Edo ethnic group. Besides the bow string, the crossbow is almost entirely made from wood including the bow. Its previous owner was Lieutenant Colonel Percy Maclear of the West Africa Frontier Force who brought his colleciton to England from Nigeria in 1906 and it was then donated to the museum and registered in 1940 by his wofe and daughter Mrs Percy Maclear and Mrs Eileen M. Bickford. This crossbow does not contain any decorative imagery but does include carvings near the front of the stock of lines going downwards as well as a carving of an X in its stock.
Materials/Media Wood, Fiber
Dimensions/Measurements Height: 73.50 centimetres Width: 57.30 centimetres Depth: 8.50 centimetres
Other notes Donated by Donated by: Mrs Ethel Maclear
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Source
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1940-22-1
Collection British Museum, Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, London, England
