Bow

Museum number:
16-14975
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2779
Description:
Bow wrapped with twine and animal skin ( skin grip); twine ornamented with Job’s tears and erythrina seeds; bowstring attached to mastic set on both ends of bow; mastic imbedded with mucuna seeds; 1. 1.4 M
Donor:
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Culture or time period:
Peruvian cultures
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1971
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 16-14975, described as Bow wrapped with twine and animal skin ( skin grip); twine ornamented with Job’s tears and erythrina seeds; bowstring attached to mastic set on both ends of bow; mastic imbedded with mucuna seeds; 1. 1.4 MDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 16-14975, described as Bow wrapped with twine and animal skin ( skin grip); twine ornamented with Job’s tears and erythrina seeds; bowstring attached to mastic set on both ends of bow; mastic imbedded with mucuna seeds; 1. 1.4 M

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