Bow and arrows

Museum number:
1-258622a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101258622a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.4178
Description:
(a) Bow with (b) sinew string, (c - g) five arrows, and (h) buckskin strap. (a) Painted with black and dark orange mineral paints. Designs: horizontal lines and triangles. Bow center curves in. (b) 2 - twine sinew with loops at ends. One loop frayed and tied with navy commercial thread. (c - e) Old feathered and painted wooden arrows, notched on one end. Feathers tied with sinew. Paints faded. (f, g) Pointed wooden arrows, newer than others. Feathers tied with sinew, sinew also near bottoms. See card.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Frank Graham
Collection date:
1926-1927
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles), Bowstrings, and Bows (weapons)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(d)— 66 centimeters, (b)— length 88.2 centimeters, (c)— length 63 centimeters, and (a)— length 91.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 1-258622a-h, described as (a) Bow with (b) sinew string, (c - g) five arrows, and (h) buckskin strap. (a) Painted with black and dark orange mineral paints. Designs: horizontal lines and triangles. Bow center curves in. (b) 2 - twine sinew with loops at ends. One loop frayed and tied with navy commercial thread. (c - e) Old feathered and painted wooden arrows, notched on one end. Feathers tied with sinew. Paints faded. (f, g) Pointed wooden arrows, newer than others. Feathers tied with sinew, sinew also near bottoms. See card.

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