Object class: Projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant / Culture or time period: Arawak (Peru) / Function: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant Culture or time period Arawak (Peru) Function 1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 16-4010, described as Bow. Medium sized, carved. 158 cm x 3 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15018a-g, described as Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood with heavy cord string; 6 arrow of chakopi cane shafts with notches, feathers at one end; 3 arrows have simple cane reed points (unbarbed) and 3 have notched barbs of kuri wood; points set into shaft. 16-15018a—length: 122 cm; width: 3.2 cm. 16-15018b—length: 138.6 cm. 16-15018c—length: 135.6 cm. 16-15018d—length: 135.8cm. 16-15018e—length: 131.8cm 16-15018f—length: 129.9cm. 16-15018g—length: 135.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15017a-i, described as Bow and arrows set; bow is carved Kuri wood with cord string; 8 arrows each has Chakopi shaft without feathers or notch at firing end; 4 arrow have Kuri (dark) barbs, 4 have Savoro ( light) barbs; barbs attached by cotton string wound around base of barb; measurements: 15017 a-107.5 cm length; 2.8 cm width; 15017 b- 152.4 cm length, 15017 c- 157 cm length, 15017d-157 cm length; 15017e-154.8 cm length; 15017f-155 cm length; 15017g-168 cm length; 15017h-159.1 cm length; 15017i-156.6 cm length

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15019a-j, described as Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood, with heavy string; arrows are of chakopi cane shafts; some arrows are feathered, some unfeathered; three kinds of points—simple cane reed, notched barbed kuri wood, four-pronged barbed kuri wood; all points are set into shaft, secured by string or cordage. 16-15019a—length: 144 cm; width: 2.7 cm. 16-15019b—length: 140.4 cm. 16-15019c—length: 139.2 cm. 16-15019d—length: 142 cm. 16-15019e—length: 133.5 cm. 16-15019f—length: 146 cm. 16-15019g—length: 136.6 cm. 16-15019h—length: 158 cm. 16-15019i—length: 141.2 cm. 16-15019j—length: 147.6 cm.