Arrow
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Bamboo, feather, steel, gilt and paint
Measurements
750 mm (L)
Place of origin
Hyderabad
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180571.14
Summary
Arrow with broad flat steel arrowhead, Hyderabad, India, late 18th century. Possibly given in 1804 to Edward Clive (1754-1839) by George Gilbert Keble, who was Secretary to the Government in Madras. Binding top and bottom orange and brown with gold decoration bordered red black and gold. Three flight feathers. One of 25. Location and size of brown bands not uniform across arrows.
Provenance
Collected by Edward Clive (1854-1839). A letter from G.G. Keele to Lord Powis dated 1804 '...to convey to your L/ship a Bow & Quiver of Arrows from Hyperbad...' Purchased by the National Trust with funding from The National Heritage Memorial Fund from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in August 1999.
References
Archer, Mildred Treasures from India [1987]., p. 61