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Start Over Object class Bows (weapons) Collection place Western Alaska
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-15714, described as Wood, curved at ends, caribou hide wrap at center. Bowstring missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1845, described as Tapered and thicker at center, cotton string attached to one end.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1561, described as For drill; ivory with scenes of steamer, sailing vessels, etc. on both sides; rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1842, described as Wood. Ends curve upward, center thicker.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4119, described as Ivory bow for drill; incised and darkened scene one side only; rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6362, described as Wood, sinew lengthwise from end to end wrapped with sinew solidly from curve to curve, over hide. Sinew bowstring tied with 6 pieces of cotton string. Slightly curved in the reverse way; cross lashed with sinew approximately one-fourth the length of the bow on each end; sinew bow string. Native name: urleveq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1838, described as Wood, double curves about 33 cm. from ends. Sinew cable lashed to bow with sinew along entire length, over ivory piece at center.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4126, described as For drill, whalebone with rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6372, described as Sinew-backed, sinew wrappers, carved ivory section in center to tighten cable. Sinew bowstring has center wrapped with spruce root. Wood, carved; section of the wood mostly rectangular, a bit convex on backside; on front surface: reinforced with sinew cord wrapping, as well as its middle with a long antler slab (61 cm) placed between sinew & wood; on backside. Yup'ik name: urluveq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6375, described as Wrapped with sinew. wood, curved; reinforced with braided sinew; cross-wrapped with braided sinew. Yup'ik name: Urluvcuar. Could be used to kill muskrat; child's bow.

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