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Bow

Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsLength: 156.8 cm (61 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4349
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Bow
1700–1550 B.C.
Wood arrow head (?)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
Group shot: 12.1242, 1991.246
2040–1640 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.