Bow-sword blade

Museum number:

3-16510a

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Accession number:

Acc.2039

Description:

Part of wooden bow-sword; flat blade with serrated edges and hole for bow; Length 47.4 cm x Width 5.8 cm

Donor:

Norman D. Thomas and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Rayón, Chiapas, Mexico

Culture or time period:

Zoque

Collector:

Norman D. Thomas

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bows (weapons) and Swords

Function:

5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Accession date:

1965

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area