Musical bow

Museum number:

1-10427

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010427

Alternate number:

438 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, Acc.254, and Acc.438

Description:

Musical bow. Elderberry wood. With fiber twine. Repair made to twine - knot with glue.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Samuel A. Barrett, and Winifred Hunt

Collection place:

Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Madera; Picayune

Culture or time period:

Chukchansi

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Musical bows

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Accession date:

1906 and 1910

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Photo: 15-21298. Context of use: Mexican type. The aboriginal musical bow was of same shape as bow used as a weapon.

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