Bow and arrow

Museum number:
5-15672
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2138 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
bow and arrow, metal; brass bow with twisted copper wire "bow string"; twisted brass rod arrow (broken off from bow; re-attached 2/7/2013); arrow point still attached to center of bow; W 12.5 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
used in Ogun cult. see 5-15670
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrow, accession number 5-15672, described as bow and arrow, metal; brass bow with twisted copper wire "bow string"; twisted brass rod arrow (broken off from bow; re-attached 2/7/2013); arrow point still attached to center of bow; W 12.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrow, accession number 5-15672, described as bow and arrow, metal; brass bow with twisted copper wire "bow string"; twisted brass rod arrow (broken off from bow; re-attached 2/7/2013); arrow point still attached to center of bow; W 12.5 cm

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