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Crossbow with Spanning Lever

Credit: Gift of Archer M. Huntington, 1927
Crossbow, c. 1540-60; spanning lever, c. 1525-75
Steel, wood (holly oak), staghorn, copper alloy, hemp, leather
82.9cm
27.160.19a, b
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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