Bow

Museum number:
2-19156
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019156
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Wood, single cable of twisted sinew from end to end, lashed with sinew.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1867
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.3 meters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 8, 1962–May 8, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19156, described as Wood, single cable of twisted sinew from end to end, lashed with sinew.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19156, described as Wood, single cable of twisted sinew from end to end, lashed with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19156, described as Wood, single cable of twisted sinew from end to end, lashed with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19156, described as Wood, single cable of twisted sinew from end to end, lashed with sinew.

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