Mongolian short bow, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 1944

Henry A. Wallace Collection

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Title: Mongolian short bow, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 1944
Creator: unidentified
Date Created: 1944
Description: Photo caption: Mongolian short bow, made of horn and bent wood, used by warrior horsemen of Genghis Khan, with short bow they could shoot arrows from horseback, and thus were able to conquer Europeans armed only with long bow. Gift of Mongols at Ulan Bator.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Bows (Archery)
Arrows
Gifts
Subjects: Persons: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227
Subject: Time: 1940-1950
Subject: Place: Mongolia
Archival Collection: Henry A. Wallace Papers
Collection Identifier: MSC0177
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/192
Series Title: Photographs & images
China-Siberia Trip, 1944
Series Number: 7
3
Is A Part Of: series 7 box 3
Physical Format: microfilm
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh 3228C scanner at 600 ppi. Archival tiff available.
Date Digital: 2009-02-20
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the University of Iowa Special Collections Dept.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Department at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
File name: wal73sa-056.jpg
Item Type (DCMI): Still image
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Item Type (AAT): photographs
Item Type (IMT): jpeg
Identifier: islandora:sp_large_image_cmodel