Bow

Museum number:
2-6972
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Drill bow of carved ivory; incised and darkened zigzag within longitudinal lines along edge foth sides; incised and darkened circles within circles with drilled centers on both faces.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably used for fire and for boring.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 39 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6972, described as Drill bow of carved ivory; incised and darkened zigzag within longitudinal lines along edge foth sides; incised and darkened circles within circles with drilled centers on both faces.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6972, described as Drill bow of carved ivory; incised and darkened zigzag within longitudinal lines along edge foth sides; incised and darkened circles within circles with drilled centers on both faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6972, described as Drill bow of carved ivory; incised and darkened zigzag within longitudinal lines along edge foth sides; incised and darkened circles within circles with drilled centers on both faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6972, described as Drill bow of carved ivory; incised and darkened zigzag within longitudinal lines along edge foth sides; incised and darkened circles within circles with drilled centers on both faces.

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