Bow

Museum number:
1-2454
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002454
Alternate number:
88 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.41 and Acc.87
Description:
Sinew-back bow. Wood, unstrung. Red and blue painted designs. Wrapped with buckskin thong at grip and about 2 cm from each end. Back polished, unpainted.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tolowa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1903 and April 30, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 78 centimeters and length 97 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 1-2454, described as Sinew-back bow. Wood, unstrung. Red and blue painted designs. Wrapped with buckskin thong at grip and about 2 cm from each end. Back polished, unpainted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 1-2454, described as Sinew-back bow. Wood, unstrung. Red and blue painted designs. Wrapped with buckskin thong at grip and about 2 cm from each end. Back polished, unpainted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-2454, described as Sinew-back bow. Wood, unstrung. Red and blue painted designs. Wrapped with buckskin thong at grip and about 2 cm from each end. Back polished, unpainted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-2454, described as Sinew-back bow. Wood, unstrung. Red and blue painted designs. Wrapped with buckskin thong at grip and about 2 cm from each end. Back polished, unpainted.

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