Description
A NORTH INDIAN DECORATED STEEL BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY of flat recurved form, decorated with two pairs of flutes on the outside at the top and the bottom, and the inside with a single groove for the string (string replaced), fitted in the centre with a pair of wooden grips over brass fillets, 102.5 cm A similar bow, attributed to 17th century Deccan, is illustrated Missillier and Ricketts, 1988, p. 82, no. 132.
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A NORTH INDIAN DECORATED STEEL BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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