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Crossbow

A work made of steel, walnut, staghorn, bovine horn, bone, silk fiber, and hemp.
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  • A work made of steel, walnut, staghorn, bovine horn, bone, silk fiber, and hemp.

Date:

1732

Artist:

German, Dresden
Master I.G.H. (Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder)

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 239

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Crossbow

Place

Dresden (Object made in)

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Made 1725–1735

Medium

Steel, walnut, staghorn, bovine horn, bone, silk fiber, and hemp

Dimensions

12.7 × 62.2 × 59.7 cm (5 × 24 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

George F. Harding Collection

Reference Number

1982.3078

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