Subject: 士 shi warrior
Culture: proto-Chinese
Setting: Warring States period, China 5th-4thc BC
Object: crossbow
* Brooklyn Museum > China
"Pair of Crossbow Mounts
China, late Eastern Zhou dynasty
(770-256 B.C.)
Bronze, silver inlay"
* 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."
