Bow and arrow models
- Museum number:
- 2-46996a-c
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210246996a@2dc
- Alternate number:
- 7 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2526
- Description:
- Model of bow and two arrows. (a) Bow. (b, c) Arrows with combination foreshaft and point of ivory. Wood fletching. Made with caribou skin string.
- Donor:
- Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk
- Culture or time period:
- Canadian cultures and Inuit
- Maker or artist:
- Juanasiluk Ivqumiak
- Collector:
- Nelson H.H. Graburn
- Collection date:
- June 1968 - July 1968
- Taxon:
- Rangifer tarandus caribou
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
- Accession date:
- 1969
- Context of use:
- Made and used by men for hunting caribou and small game and for killing people (Indians).
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- (b)— length 20.1 centimeters, (c)— length 19 centimeters, and (a)— length 36.5 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1991-1992 #32: The Exploratorium (June 22, 1992–January 11, 1993)
- Legacy documentation:
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