Bow

Museum number:
2-4550
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004550
Alternate number:
x-696 (?) (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory bow for drill; minimal incised scenes on 2 faces; rawhide thong.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for drilling hard substances, i.e., ivory.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 40 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21391, 15-21392.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4550, described as Ivory bow for drill; minimal incised scenes on 2 faces; rawhide thong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4550, described as Ivory bow for drill; minimal incised scenes on 2 faces; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4550, described as Ivory bow for drill; minimal incised scenes on 2 faces; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4550, described as Ivory bow for drill; minimal incised scenes on 2 faces; rawhide thong.

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