Arrow
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
bamboo, steel, feather, paint and gold leaf
Measurements
740 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1185203.43
Summary
Arrow with medium steel tip. Top binding green and gold. Bottom red and gold floral design and green and gold floral bands. Four flight feathers. One of eighteen arrows tied together in a bundle. The bindings to the arrowheads painted green, the flight feather bindings with painted floral diaper in red and green with black delineation on a gold ground. Bamboo shafts. Another similar in store.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and the Powis Estate Trustees in June 2010.