Bow

Museum number:
2-1843
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Wood. Tapered at center, raised and thickened. Bowstring of cotton cordage wrapped with spruce root at center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.39 meters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #30: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Allen Pastron (October 30, 1974–November 11, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1843, described as Wood. Tapered at center, raised and thickened. Bowstring of cotton cordage wrapped with spruce root at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1843, described as Wood. Tapered at center, raised and thickened. Bowstring of cotton cordage wrapped with spruce root at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-1843, described as Wood. Tapered at center, raised and thickened. Bowstring of cotton cordage wrapped with spruce root at center.

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