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bow identification ..

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Garry
Hi all,
I am posting some photos of a friends asiatic bow, can you by looking at the photos give me any info on how old it might be and where it was probably made.It has been in her well travelled family for at least 20 years, this m afraid is all I know.
Garry
morer photos
Adam Karpowicz
It is a Turkish bow, probably 19th c.

Adam
KenH
The Master has spoken.
Garry
Thank you Adam, the family who own the bow had two relations that were british officers in the Crimean War, .. be nice to think it was brought back from that campaign.
Pat Menzies
Looks like some pronounced compression fractures on the left limb.