The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
J[] Perkin ( - )
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...References in Documents:
Indian Arrow near two Yards long, of a fine unjointed
Cane,
feathered on two Sides; it is armed with a smooth and flat Stick or
Cane, an Inch broad, and more than a Foot long, with a sharp Point;
where it is joined with the Shaft it is kept from cracking with a
Swath
or Bandage fastned with fine Glew.
smooth
Cuspishath a Spike of hard Wood 14 Inches long, with 16
Notches or Hooks upon one Side, and none upon the other, which is
round and smooth; both the Present of
Fran. Place
from 2 Foot to 2 ½; triple-feathered, and armed withArrows
Iron.
poi
sonedArrow , the smallest of all being but nine Inches in Length, and
soned
about the Thickness of a Crow's Quill. Don.