Bow reinforcement

Museum number:
2-7519
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
86 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Curving section of caribou antler with groove and incised lines (longitudinal) on top surface. Per ACC project research was inserted on front side of bow, between wood and sinew cord. The sinew cord would lie in the axial groove (cf. bow 2-6373); two decorative incised longitudinal lines on edges; now bent in reverse direction. Per catalog card is for beating snow from boots, clothing and other articles made of fur.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1.20 Land Hunting
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For beating snow from boots, clothing and other articles made of fur.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 58 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, Eskimo About Bering Strait, p. 77 and fig. 21.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow reinforcement, accession number 2-7519, described as Curving section of caribou antler with groove and incised lines (longitudinal) on top surface. Per ACC project research was inserted on front side of bow, between wood and sinew cord. The sinew cord would lie in the axial groove (cf. bow 2-6373); two decorative incised longitudinal lines on edges; now bent in reverse direction. Per catalog card is for beating snow from boots, clothing and other articles made of fur.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow reinforcement, accession number 2-7519, described as Curving section of caribou antler with groove and incised lines (longitudinal) on top surface. Per ACC project research was inserted on front side of bow, between wood and sinew cord. The sinew cord would lie in the axial groove (cf. bow 2-6373); two decorative incised longitudinal lines on edges; now bent in reverse direction. Per catalog card is for beating snow from boots, clothing and other articles made of fur.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow reinforcement, accession number 2-7519, described as Curving section of caribou antler with groove and incised lines (longitudinal) on top surface. Per ACC project research was inserted on front side of bow, between wood and sinew cord. The sinew cord would lie in the axial groove (cf. bow 2-6373); two decorative incised longitudinal lines on edges; now bent in reverse direction. Per catalog card is for beating snow from boots, clothing and other articles made of fur.

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