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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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The British Museum
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Date
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c. 1906
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Location
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Nigeria
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Description
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This crossbow, made by the Ijebu Yoruba or Bini, features a thin, straight wooden stock and a matching wooden prod. The prod is fitted through a rectangular hole near the front of the stock. A thin fiber string is tied to the ends of the prod. The stock has two carved dips along its length, each containing a hole that passes through the wood.
Materials/Media Wood, fibre
Dimensions/Measurements Height: Height: 73.50 centimetres
Width: Width: 57.30 centimetres
Depth: Depth: 8.50 centimetres
Other notes In 1940, Mrs. Ethel Maclear donated Af1940,22.1 through her daughter, Mrs. Eileen M. Bickford. The items had been collected in Nigeria by her late husband, Lt.-Col. Percy Maclear of the West African Frontier Force (1875–1914), and were believed to have been brought back to England in 1906.
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Source
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1940-22-1
The British Museum
