1-1056 (previous museum number (recataloged from)) and 3056 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Large, painted/decorated, sinew-back bow.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: "AAE I, Pl 11, fig 2". Recatalogued from 1-1056. Photo: "16mm color-sound "Sinew Backed Bow and its Arrows" AIF" (American Indian Film Project). 1-144272 to 144282 are in sequence to show stages in making a bow like 1-144271, illustrating the steps involved in Yurok Sinew Backed Bow making.
Loans:
S1976-1977 #90: Hoopa Tribal Museum (June 17, 1977–September 11, 1977), S1982-1983 #16: Merritt College (October 13, 1982–February 28, 1983), and S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)