Curve at one end about 23 cm long, other curve missing. Bone piece lashed to curve with string, rawhide bowstring. Wood, carved, painted red; rectangular section; on backside, a median groove along complete length; the safe end recurved outwards, with a wedge of antler held in place with cotton string; a non-functional (?) leather bow string attached to this end. Native name: urluveq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
NW Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Cotton (textile), Paint (coating) (red), and Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for hunting fish, birds, and land mammals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.1 meters, width 3.8 centimeters, and height 2.5 centimeters