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Title
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Chinese Repeating Crossbow
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Collection Location
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Date
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Before 1862
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Location
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China
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Description
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This Chinese repeating crossbow is dated to have been made before 1862. It features a wooden stock fitted with metal plates of copper alloy and a magazine box that is rectangular in shape, attached to its upper surface. Fixed to the middle sides of the stock is a metal lever used to lift up the box, which extends outwards toward the butt. The prod passes through the upper portion of the stock, while the handle at the butt of the stock is a curved wooden piece.
Length: max 674 mm, Width: max 795 mm, Height: max 174 mm
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Brass Metal (uncertain), Material Steel Metal (uncertain), Process Carved, Process Carpentered, Process Forged (Metal), Process Riveted (uncertain)
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Source
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Pitt Rivers Museum
