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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.
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Document identity
localId
91079
label
Crossbow Bolt Mounted in a Fan
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
91079
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Crossbow Bolt Mounted in a Fan
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