Pellet bow

Museum number:
2-4408
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Alternate number:
x-554 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Pellet bow. Rifle stock with bow with cotton bowstring.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Crossbows
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for sale or gift.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "copied from non-Eskimo weapon
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pellet bow, accession number 2-4408, described as Pellet bow. Rifle stock with bow with cotton bowstring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pellet bow, accession number 2-4408, described as Pellet bow. Rifle stock with bow with cotton bowstring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pellet bow, accession number 2-4408, described as Pellet bow. Rifle stock with bow with cotton bowstring.

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