Musical bow

Museum number:
1-10789
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010789
Alternate number:
780 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Musical bow made of elderberry wood with sinew string.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dunlap, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Dunlap
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical bows
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "mawo". Photo: 15-21299. Published: In Waterman Native Musical Instruments of California, Outwest, April 1908. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, Page 76. This bow shows the aboriginal form, usually the bows now found are of the Mexican type. According to the supplementary cataloge, this is a Jar basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 1-10789, described as Musical bow made of elderberry wood with sinew string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 1-10789, described as Musical bow made of elderberry wood with sinew string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 1-10789, described as Musical bow made of elderberry wood with sinew string.

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