Title: Recurve Selfbow
Object type: Bow, selfbow, recurve
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose II to Early Joint reign
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.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below entrance deposit of hunting weapons MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY