Bow

Museum number:
5-4123
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004123
Accession number:
Acc.2002
Description:
Hunting bow; 7 bands of sinew and 1 brass band on bow; 2-ply sinew bowstring; 102 cm long.
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of Botswana
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Culture or time period:
!Kung
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #74: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 10, 1968–January 10, 1968) and S1976-1977 #43: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1977–February 28, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-4123, described as Hunting bow; 7 bands of sinew and 1 brass band on bow; 2-ply sinew bowstring; 102 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-4123, described as Hunting bow; 7 bands of sinew and 1 brass band on bow; 2-ply sinew bowstring; 102 cm long.

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