Object Image

Crossbow with Spanning Lever

Unknown Artist

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

82.9 cm

27.160.19a, b

Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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