Bow

Museum number:
2-58104
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3239
Description:
Sinew backed straight bow with cotton bowstring. Made of wood, sinew, and cotton.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bristol Bay
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Hunting.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.37 meters
Comment:
Context of use: Bow of the "Southern Type" - see John Murdoch, A Study of the Eskimo Bows in the U.S. National Museum.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-58104, described as Sinew backed straight bow with cotton bowstring. Made of wood, sinew, and cotton.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-58104, described as Sinew backed straight bow with cotton bowstring. Made of wood, sinew, and cotton.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-58104, described as Sinew backed straight bow with cotton bowstring. Made of wood, sinew, and cotton.

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