comprised of eleven black palmwood bows of varying lengths, some with ornamentation and rattan bowstrings and nocks, one english longbow made of yew with horn nocks and a bowstring, a wide bamboo bow with rattan nocks, a round wooden bow with slightly recurved tips, four branch bows, one painted red with a leather string and one with visible heartwood notch, and one large symmetrical flatbow with accompanying bowstring, longest bow 197.0 cm long (20)
Provenance
The William Terry (1933-2023) Collection
Sold for £280
comprised of eleven black palmwood bows of varying lengths, some with ornamentation and rattan bowstrings and nocks, one english longbow made of yew with horn nocks and a bowstring, a wide bamboo bow with rattan nocks, a round wooden bow with slightly recurved tips, four branch bows, one painted red with a leather string and one with visible heartwood notch, and one large symmetrical flatbow with accompanying bowstring, longest bow 197.0 cm long (20)
Provenance
The William Terry (1933-2023) Collection
Auction: Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024, ending 8th Dec, 2024