Bow

Museum number:
1-164065a
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101164065a
Accession number:
Acc.2212
Description:
Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking right triangles, diagonal x-hatching. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.
Donor:
Nathan A. Norick
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-164065a, described as Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking right triangles, diagonal x-hatching. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.

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