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Title
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Burmese Crossbow
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Collection Location
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Date
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Before 1934
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Location
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Myanmar (Burma) (possibly Kachin State Shan State Sagaing Division but this is uncertain)
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Description
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This Burmese crossbow is dated to have been made before 1934, and its use is speculated to be linked to the Lisu (Lishaw Yawyin) ethnic group, though this is uncertain. The crossbow is made of a wooden stock that takes a straight, rectangular shape. On the upper surface of the stock is a hollowed-out slot that acts as the bolt channel. In the middle of the stock is an indentation made of bone and a bone trigger. The prod of the crossbow is made of wood and curves in an angular fashion, slightly narrowing in width on both ends. On one side of the prod is a woven band made of cane.
Measurements: Height: max 63 mm, Width: max 825 mm, Length: max 659 mm
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material Cane Plant, Process Plaited, Process Grooved, Process Bent, Process Carved
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Source
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Pitt Rivers Museum
