Context (Field collection)
(Bio) Reverend (later Canon) John Roscoe C.M.S.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for ROS 1920.273[.1-2]: 'Rectangular-shaped quiver of woven bamboo- strips, strengthened at top by a belt of doubly woven fibre, and at sides by supports of wood. A handle of four-plaited cord fastened about one-fourth way down, on wooden side-supports. Blue string fastened to woven rings at top of quiver. One short, frail arrow within, with metal leaf-shaped head and four barbs below the coils of metal, the whole bound onto a wooden shaft with blue cloth. Arrow has been split down the shaft and metal strips bound round to retain structure. The arrow is not notched.'
Event Date 1920
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record created to show location of Roscoe object.
Event Date 22/12/2000
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Arrow associated with ROS 1920.273.1. Cane shaft with broad, barbed iron head and coiled shank. There is a coil of metal around the shaft close to the nock point, which is grooved. Where the head joins the shaft, a length of blue cloth is wrapped around. The arrow has been broken and masking tape applied at some stage.
Event Date 30/3/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Roscoe Collection catalogued in 1920 was given numbers 1920.1 - 1920.480. These are not Accession Register numbers, and conflict with numbers allocated to other artefacts accessioned in 1920. They do not appear under any other number in any Accession Register and the only documentation for them is their catalogue cards. In 2001 they were given the temporary suffix ‘/Roscoe’ to distinguish them. This has now been replaced with the prefix ‘ROS’.
Event Date 30/3/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe