Bow

Museum number:
2-45803
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2484
Description:
String cordage bowstring, narrow and thick at grip. Longitudinal grooves along outer edges and along belly; length 134 cm
Donor:
Mrs. Frank S. Baxter
Collection place:
Hooper Bay, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Hooper Bay; Hooper Bay
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
William Stoll Baxter
Collection date:
ca. 1869
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 134 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-45803, described as String cordage bowstring, narrow and thick at grip. Longitudinal grooves along outer edges and along belly; length 134 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-45803, described as String cordage bowstring, narrow and thick at grip. Longitudinal grooves along outer edges and along belly; length 134 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-45803, described as String cordage bowstring, narrow and thick at grip. Longitudinal grooves along outer edges and along belly; length 134 cm

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