Recurve Selfbow
Object type: Bow, selfbow, recurve
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose II to Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Medium: wood
Dimensions: Length tip to tip 172.5 cm (68 15/16 in.); Length of outer curve 179.5 (70 11/16 in.); Greatest diam. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below entrance
Locus: deposit of hunting weapons
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936