Bow and arrows

Museum number:
1-1716a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21011716a@2dc
Alternate number:
300 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.40 and Acc.86
Description:
a) Willow bow; (b-c) two arrows, both with three vane fletching. Sinew lashing on butt end. Arrow weed.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1903 and April 28, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
c)— length 95.5 centimeters and b)— length 96.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 1-1716a-c, described as a) Willow bow; (b-c) two arrows, both with three vane fletching. Sinew lashing on butt end. Arrow weed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 1-1716a-c, described as a) Willow bow; (b-c) two arrows, both with three vane fletching. Sinew lashing on butt end. Arrow weed.

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