Bow

Museum number:
2-6357
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2550 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood wrapped with rawhide about 4 cm apart; two cables entire length; center narrowed and thickened. Bowstring made of rawhide; loops at ends. Native name: urluveq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Root (plant material) (spruce), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Made for sale replica of sinew-backed bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— length 1.2 meters, whole— height 3 centimeters, and whole— width 4 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC44-31A p. 94 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6357, described as Wood wrapped with rawhide about 4 cm apart; two cables entire length; center narrowed and thickened. Bowstring made of rawhide; loops at ends. Native name: urluveq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6357, described as Wood wrapped with rawhide about 4 cm apart; two cables entire length; center narrowed and thickened. Bowstring made of rawhide; loops at ends. Native name: urluveq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6357, described as Wood wrapped with rawhide about 4 cm apart; two cables entire length; center narrowed and thickened. Bowstring made of rawhide; loops at ends. Native name: urluveq.

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