Bow

Museum number:
2-10898
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010898
Accession number:
Acc.591
Description:
Drill bow of ivory; caribou on one side, caribou skins, umiak on other side.
Donor:
S. B. McLenegan
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
S. B. McLenegan
Collection date:
1883
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1923
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21393; 15-21394; 15-21395.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), and S1966-1967 #80: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1967–April 14, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-10898, described as Drill bow of ivory; caribou on one side, caribou skins, umiak on other side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-10898, described as Drill bow of ivory; caribou on one side, caribou skins, umiak on other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-10898, described as Drill bow of ivory; caribou on one side, caribou skins, umiak on other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-10898, described as Drill bow of ivory; caribou on one side, caribou skins, umiak on other side.

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