Bow

Museum number:
2-38441
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020038441
Alternate number:
31 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1919
Description:
Ivory bow for bow drill outfit; double line incised along one edge; single hole drilled on each end.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection date:
August 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 36.1 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-38441, described as Ivory bow for bow drill outfit; double line incised along one edge; single hole drilled on each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-38441, described as Ivory bow for bow drill outfit; double line incised along one edge; single hole drilled on each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-38441, described as Ivory bow for bow drill outfit; double line incised along one edge; single hole drilled on each end.

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