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Start Over Object class Projectile weapons Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 5-6099, described as Beaded arrow; cylindrical staff notched one end; other end has dark mastic implanted with glass disc. Used by boys just after circumcision to shoot at uncircumcised boys and at girls; found in deserted Masai manyatta (village).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-61587b, described as b) Self-pointed red painted wood arrows fletched with hawk feathers; aqua bands at fletched end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-61587c, described as c) Self-pointed red painted wood arrows fletched with hawk feathers; aqua bands at fletched end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrows, accession number 1-14148a,b, described as Ceremonial arrows, feathered, colored red, points black.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-61587a, described as Bow with 2 arrows. (a) Wood bow with hawk feather near each end; red back, aqua, purple, white, and yellow bars with purple dots on belly; red cotton string.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 3-16510d, described as Part of wooden bow-sword; bow, twig; Length ca 39.5 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 5-6297, described as 1 bow, 10 arrows
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow-sword, accession number 3-16510a-e, described as Bow-sword, wood, five-piece; a) flat blade with serrated edges and hole for bow; Length 47.4 cm x Width 5.8 cm b) tubular cane handle; Length 16.0 cm x Diameter 2.5 cm c) pommel, with hole for bow; Length 12.8 cm x Width 3.0 cm d) bow, twig; Length ca 39.5 cm e) bow string, fiber; Length 63.5 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow-sword blade, accession number 3-16510a, described as Part of wooden bow-sword; flat blade with serrated edges and hole for bow; Length 47.4 cm x Width 5.8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow-sword handle, accession number 3-16510b, described as Part of wooden bow-sword; tubular cane handle; Length 16.0 cm x Diameter 2.5 cm

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