Bow

Museum number:
2-59199
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3239
Description:
Self-bow of bois d'arc (mock orange); twisted sinew string tied to bow at one end with length of twine.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota
Culture or time period:
Northern Plains tribes and Sioux
Collector:
One Bull and Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Context of use:
Buffalo Bow" pencilled on specimen.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.01 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-59199, described as Self-bow of bois d'arc (mock orange); twisted sinew string tied to bow at one end with length of twine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-59199, described as Self-bow of bois d'arc (mock orange); twisted sinew string tied to bow at one end with length of twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-59199, described as Self-bow of bois d'arc (mock orange); twisted sinew string tied to bow at one end with length of twine.

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