The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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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:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

An 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. Another that instead of the smooth Cuspis hath 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 Mr. Fran. Place of Yorke. Other Arrows from 2 Foot to 2 ½; triple-feathered, and armed with Iron. One adorned with Gold Lines. Don. S. Molineux Arm. A poisoned Arrow, the smallest of all being but nine Inches in Length, and about the Thickness of a Crow's Quill. Don. J. Perkin's Arm.