Bow

Museum number:
2-4121
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004121
Alternate number:
x-267 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory bow for drill; triangular shape; seals on one surface, hunting scenes with umiaks on 2 other surfaces; rawhide thong.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for making fire and/or working ivory, wood.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 44 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21393-95. Published: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 231.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1966-1967 #80: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1967–April 14, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4121, described as Ivory bow for drill; triangular shape; seals on one surface, hunting scenes with umiaks on 2 other surfaces; rawhide thong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4121, described as Ivory bow for drill; triangular shape; seals on one surface, hunting scenes with umiaks on 2 other surfaces; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4121, described as Ivory bow for drill; triangular shape; seals on one surface, hunting scenes with umiaks on 2 other surfaces; rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4121, described as Ivory bow for drill; triangular shape; seals on one surface, hunting scenes with umiaks on 2 other surfaces; rawhide thong.

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