Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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PugJesus

Archer's ring, jade and gold, Ottoman Empire, 16th-17th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] TeamBrett 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Archery rings were worn on the thumb of the archer’s release hand to protect it from the thrust of the bowstring

[–] Pilferjinx 5 points 1 month ago

Interesting. I didn't know there were draw techniques that utilized the thumb.