Bow and arrows

Museum number:
16-13242
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2295
Description:
Bow and arrows. a) palmwood bow with vegetal fiber string; length is 202.5 centimeters. b-d) reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton. b) bone tip and foreshaft c)notched tip dipped in curare. d) bone tip on foreshaft.
Donor:
David H. Eichorn
Collection place:
Venezuela
Culture or time period:
Sanumá and Yanomamö
Collector:
David H. Eichorn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #23: Berkeley High School (October 1, 1970–November 25, 1970) and S1973-1974 #14: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 12, 1973–October 12, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13242, described as Bow and arrows. a) palmwood bow with vegetal fiber string; length is 202.5 centimeters. b-d) reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton. b) bone tip and foreshaft c)notched tip dipped in curare. d) bone tip on foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13242, described as Bow and arrows. a) palmwood bow with vegetal fiber string; length is 202.5 centimeters. b-d) reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton. b) bone tip and foreshaft c)notched tip dipped in curare. d) bone tip on foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13242, described as Bow and arrows. a) palmwood bow with vegetal fiber string; length is 202.5 centimeters. b-d) reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton. b) bone tip and foreshaft c)notched tip dipped in curare. d) bone tip on foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-13242, described as Bow and arrows. a) palmwood bow with vegetal fiber string; length is 202.5 centimeters. b-d) reed arrows with two feather fletching bound with cotton. b) bone tip and foreshaft c)notched tip dipped in curare. d) bone tip on foreshaft.

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