Bow

Museum number:
5-2439
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002439
Accession number:
Acc.1663
Description:
Bow; wooden; strung; wrapped with sinew; 36 7/8 inches long (tip to tip).
Donor:
Albert B. Elsasser and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tsumkwe, Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
South West Africa; Tsumkwe; near Grootfontein; Kalahari Desert, Bushmen
Culture or time period:
Bushmen
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1966-1967 #10: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (September 29, 1966–September 11, 1967), and S1978-1979 #39: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colleen Beck (January 17, 1979–March 31, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-2439, described as Bow; wooden; strung; wrapped with sinew; 36 7/8 inches long (tip to tip).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-2439, described as Bow; wooden; strung; wrapped with sinew; 36 7/8 inches long (tip to tip).

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