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Source Description
A bolt is a missile-like object, similar to an arrow but used with a crossbow. It consists of a stout wooden shaft with a conical or pyramidal metal head; leather or wooden vanes are fitted on the end of the shaft to steady the bolt's flight.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
91077
label
Crossbow Bolt
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
91077
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Crossbow Bolt
description
A bolt is a missile-like object, similar to an arrow but used with a crossbow. It consists of a stout wooden shaft with a conical or pyramidal metal head; leather or wooden vanes are fitted on the end of the shaft to steady the bolt's flight.
provenance
Gimbel, Berlin, 1904 [no. 905]; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 20, 1924, no. 270; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1400-1700
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bolts (arrows)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Average L: 15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm)
Source extras
med
wood, iron or steel, copper alloy
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
ARM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
07df4c3c4cc494eb