Bow

Museum number:
5-6172
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006172
Accession number:
Acc.2241
Description:
Bow; wood with twisted leather bowstring which is continuous with twisted leather wrappers at both ends of bow; l. 129 cm.
Donor:
John Uzo Ogbu and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Chikari, Malawi
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Malawi; Chikari Village; Phoka
Culture or time period:
Phoka
Collector:
John Uzo Ogbu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-6172, described as Bow; wood with twisted leather bowstring which is continuous with twisted leather wrappers at both ends of bow; l. 129 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-6172, described as Bow; wood with twisted leather bowstring which is continuous with twisted leather wrappers at both ends of bow; l. 129 cm.

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