Bow

Museum number:
5-6936
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006936
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Bow; stick smoothed and tapered to point at both ends with hide on tips; twisted sinew "string" wrapped and attached to ends; l. 119 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kamba
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-6936, described as Bow; stick smoothed and tapered to point at both ends with hide on tips; twisted sinew "string" wrapped and attached to ends; l. 119 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-6936, described as Bow; stick smoothed and tapered to point at both ends with hide on tips; twisted sinew "string" wrapped and attached to ends; l. 119 cm.

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