Bow

Museum number:
2-19153
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019153
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1867
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.2 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.

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