Bow

Museum number:

1-67282

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Accession number:

Acc.854

Description:

Sinew backed bow.

Donor:

Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson

Collection place:

Woodford, Carson Valley, Alpine County

Culture or time period:

Washo

Collector:

Zach Field

Collection date:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bows (weapons)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1945

Context of use:

Made to order.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Loans:

S1961-1962 #13: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. Murphy (August 29, 1961–August 29, 1961) and S1967-1968 #131: Department of Anthropology (SF State University) (April 30, 1968–May 15, 1968)

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