Bow

Museum number:
1-14609a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210114609a@2cb
Alternate number:
451 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
a) Sinew-backed bow. Piece of U.S. flag wrapped around middle. b) Sinew bow string.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Modoc and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-14609a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow. Piece of U.S. flag wrapped around middle. b) Sinew bow string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-14609a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow. Piece of U.S. flag wrapped around middle. b) Sinew bow string.

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