Bow

Museum number:
2-4930
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004930
Alternate number:
115 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Context of use:
Hunting, warfare.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 123 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-4930, described as With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-4930, described as With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-4930, described as With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4930, described as With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4930, described as With twisted sinew string. Unbacked. Carved wood.

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