Bow

Museum number:
1-45548
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010045548
Accession number:
Acc.628
Description:
Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.
Donor:
Elizabeth Pope and Emma Pope
Collection place:
California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Saxton Temple Pope
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1927
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 54 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-20153
Loans:
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964) and S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-45548, described as Sinew-backed bow, broad, flat, with square-shouldered nocks.

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