Bow

Museum number:
2-4122
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004122
Alternate number:
x-268 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory bow for drill; 2 blue glass beads inlaid on underside; rawhide thong.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 40.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4122, described as Ivory bow for drill; 2 blue glass beads inlaid on underside; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4122, described as Ivory bow for drill; 2 blue glass beads inlaid on underside; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4122, described as Ivory bow for drill; 2 blue glass beads inlaid on underside; rawhide thong.

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