Bow

Museum number:
1-26735
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.618
Description:
Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Westport, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Westport
Culture or time period:
Coast Yuki
Maker or artist:
Tony Bell
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
July 1926
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1926
Context of use:
Showing method of attaching bow string.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 44 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Anthropos 34:332.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 1-26735, described as Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 1-26735, described as Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-26735, described as Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 1-26735, described as Wood; stick and string; showing method of attaching bow string.

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