Bow and arrows

Museum number:
16-13241
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160013241
Accession number:
Acc.2295
Description:
Bow and arrows; a) Palmwood bow with fiber string. Length is 203.3 centimeters. b-d) Reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton; bamboo points with sharpened edges.
Donor:
David H. Eichorn
Collection place:
Venezuela
Culture or time period:
Sanumá and Yanomamö
Collector:
David H. Eichorn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #105: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (April 17, 1969–April 29, 1969), S1969-1970 #121: Berkeley High School (May 14, 1970–June 23, 1970), S1969-1970 #26: Berkeley High School (September 22, 1969–November 24, 1969), S1970-1971 #23: Berkeley High School (October 1, 1970–November 25, 1970), S1971-1972 #22: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 29, 1971–November 10, 1971), and S1973-1974 #14: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 12, 1973–October 12, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13241, described as Bow and arrows; a) Palmwood bow with fiber string. Length is 203.3 centimeters. b-d) Reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton; bamboo points with sharpened edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13241, described as Bow and arrows; a) Palmwood bow with fiber string. Length is 203.3 centimeters. b-d) Reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton; bamboo points with sharpened edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13241, described as Bow and arrows; a) Palmwood bow with fiber string. Length is 203.3 centimeters. b-d) Reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton; bamboo points with sharpened edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13241, described as Bow and arrows; a) Palmwood bow with fiber string. Length is 203.3 centimeters. b-d) Reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton; bamboo points with sharpened edges.

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