Subject: 士 shi warrior
Culture: proto-Chinese
Setting: Warring States period, China 5th-4thc BC
Object: crossbow
Crow Collection of Asian Art *
"Five arrows (zu) Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-221 B.C.) Bronze ...
These arrowheads represent various types used during the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Each is cast with two parts: a triangular head and a long shaft. The Chinese began using bronze arrows in the third millennium B.C. Bronze arrows were highly personalized during the Shang and Zhou dynasties; however, arrows made of other materials were used as well."
Brooklyn Museum > China *
"Pair of Crossbow Mounts
China, late Eastern Zhou dynasty
(770-256 B.C.) Bronze, silver inlay"
