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Title
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Indian Crossbow
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Collection Location
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Date
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Before 1947
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Location
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Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Description
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This crossbow, dated to before 1947, originates from the Arunachal Pradesh region of India and is used by the Nyishi ethnic group. It features a slender wooden stock that narrows and rounds at the butt end of the stock. The prod is slotted into the middle of the upper end of the stock and is made from a split bamboo material. The original bow string is intact and made of some kind of twisted plant fiber. At the butt of the stock is a trigger mechanism made of bone.
Dimensions Height: max 77 mm, Length: max 1280 mm, Width: max 620 mm
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Bone, Material Animal Sinew (uncertain), Material Plant Fibre (uncertain), Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Wound, Process Twisted
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Source
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Pitt Rivers Museum
