Bow and arrows

Museum number:
2-5199a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025199a@2dh
Alternate number:
7 A-H (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
(a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Hunting and warfare. With 2-5198 (quiver and rod).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 68 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: P. 448-452, "The Omaha Tribe", BAE 27 (for description of manufacturing). Made by: men. Photo: 13/93; 13/94; 13/99. Hunting and warfare. With 2-5198 (quiver and rod).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-5199a-h, described as (a) Bow; made of ash. (b-g) Arrows; made with metal points, feathered, painted at top. (h) Sinew string.

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