Bow

Museum number:
2-5493
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3484 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Bow with cord string.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 27, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
P.M. Jones field catalogue says "war bow".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 123 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #18: Merritt College/Helen Creagh (October 12, 1964–October 14, 1964), S1965-1966 #44: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Albert B. Elsasser (November 17, 1965–November 17, 1965), S1966-1967 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 16, 1966–November 16, 1966), and S1979-1980 #32: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (January 14, 1980–May 6, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-5493, described as Bow with cord string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-5493, described as Bow with cord string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-5493, described as Bow with cord string.

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