Bow

Museum number:
2-6358
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2551 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden shaft, center grip narrowed. Full length sinew cable backing broken towards ends, attached at either side of grip and two sets of four wrappings near ends. Twisted sinew bowstring. wood, carved; front surface reinforced with a small bundle of sinew string, which is partly damaged; strong bow string of twisted sinew; section of wood is convex on front and flat on backside. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Sinew (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for hunting birds and land animals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— width 4.8 centimeters, whole— height 2.8 centimeters, and whole— length 1.34 meters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21003 a, b. References: See: Notes on Koniag Material Culture, R. F. Heizer; Anthro Papers, Univ. Alaska, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-24 (p. 22, pl. 1c-h.) Neg. number: ACC41-20 p. 95 Graburn
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Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6358, described as Wooden shaft, center grip narrowed. Full length sinew cable backing broken towards ends, attached at either side of grip and two sets of four wrappings near ends. Twisted sinew bowstring. wood, carved; front surface reinforced with a small bundle of sinew string, which is partly damaged; strong bow string of twisted sinew; section of wood is convex on front and flat on backside. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6358, described as Wooden shaft, center grip narrowed. Full length sinew cable backing broken towards ends, attached at either side of grip and two sets of four wrappings near ends. Twisted sinew bowstring. wood, carved; front surface reinforced with a small bundle of sinew string, which is partly damaged; strong bow string of twisted sinew; section of wood is convex on front and flat on backside. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6358, described as Wooden shaft, center grip narrowed. Full length sinew cable backing broken towards ends, attached at either side of grip and two sets of four wrappings near ends. Twisted sinew bowstring. wood, carved; front surface reinforced with a small bundle of sinew string, which is partly damaged; strong bow string of twisted sinew; section of wood is convex on front and flat on backside. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6358, described as Wooden shaft, center grip narrowed. Full length sinew cable backing broken towards ends, attached at either side of grip and two sets of four wrappings near ends. Twisted sinew bowstring. wood, carved; front surface reinforced with a small bundle of sinew string, which is partly damaged; strong bow string of twisted sinew; section of wood is convex on front and flat on backside. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.

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