Bow and string

Museum number:

11-38928a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm211138928a@2cb

Accession number:

Acc.2219

Description:

a) Palmwood bow; b) Rattan bow string

Donor:

Klaus Koch and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Pasikni Village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province

Culture or time period:

Yali people

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967), S1967-1968 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 15, 1968–February 15, 1968), and S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971)