Recurve Selfbow

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

Two caches of hunting weapons were found in the limestone chip debris below the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71) on Sheikh Abd el-Qurna hill. One cache included two bows (36.3.211, .212) and fifteen arrows (36.3.213-.227). The bows are recurve selfbows made of single pieces of an open-grained, pliable wood. Both bows were intentionally broken into sections no more than a meter (about 39 inches) in length.

Recurve Selfbow, wood

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Recurve Selfbow, wood
Recurve Selfbow, wood

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