Bow and arrows

Museum number:
2-4409a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024409a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-555 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Arrows with bow, used for hunting muskrat. (a) sinew-backed bow (b/c) antler or bone tipped arrow. Wood bow, reinforced with a sinew lashing; two arrows have bone or antler with asymmetric points; a string of sinew is wound around each arrow. For the hunt the other end was knotted to the bow. Rib bone; asymmetrically carved point; notched at proximal end to take arrow string. See bow 2-4409a and arrows 2-4409b,c. For hunting small game such as muskrat.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Antler, Antler (material), Bone, Bone (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bow for shooting muskrat.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— diameter 0.5 centimeters, (c)— diameter 0.5 centimeters, (a)— length 59.7 centimeters, (c)— length 28.2 centimeters, and (b)— length 29.3 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #369. Remarks: cf. Nelson p. 157 and Pl. LI, fig. 2. Graburn p. 72 See also Graburn p. 94 See also catalogue #9 Neg number: ACC37-07
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-4409a-c, described as Arrows with bow, used for hunting muskrat. (a) sinew-backed bow (b/c) antler or bone tipped arrow. Wood bow, reinforced with a sinew lashing; two arrows have bone or antler with asymmetric points; a string of sinew is wound around each arrow. For the hunt the other end was knotted to the bow. Rib bone; asymmetrically carved point; notched at proximal end to take arrow string. See bow 2-4409a and arrows 2-4409b,c. For hunting small game such as muskrat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-4409a-c, described as Arrows with bow, used for hunting muskrat. (a) sinew-backed bow (b/c) antler or bone tipped arrow. Wood bow, reinforced with a sinew lashing; two arrows have bone or antler with asymmetric points; a string of sinew is wound around each arrow. For the hunt the other end was knotted to the bow. Rib bone; asymmetrically carved point; notched at proximal end to take arrow string. See bow 2-4409a and arrows 2-4409b,c. For hunting small game such as muskrat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-4409a-c, described as Arrows with bow, used for hunting muskrat. (a) sinew-backed bow (b/c) antler or bone tipped arrow. Wood bow, reinforced with a sinew lashing; two arrows have bone or antler with asymmetric points; a string of sinew is wound around each arrow. For the hunt the other end was knotted to the bow. Rib bone; asymmetrically carved point; notched at proximal end to take arrow string. See bow 2-4409a and arrows 2-4409b,c. For hunting small game such as muskrat.

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