Bow

Museum number:
2-13613
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.648
Description:
Wood, single twisted sinew cable from end to end. Sinew bow string, twisted with red and blue yarn. tied at either side of center grip and near ends with sinew.
Donor:
R. L. Davidson
Collection place:
Nome, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nome
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
R. L. Davidson
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.37 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-13613, described as Wood, single twisted sinew cable from end to end. Sinew bow string, twisted with red and blue yarn. tied at either side of center grip and near ends with sinew.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-13613, described as Wood, single twisted sinew cable from end to end. Sinew bow string, twisted with red and blue yarn. tied at either side of center grip and near ends with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-13613, described as Wood, single twisted sinew cable from end to end. Sinew bow string, twisted with red and blue yarn. tied at either side of center grip and near ends with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-13613, described as Wood, single twisted sinew cable from end to end. Sinew bow string, twisted with red and blue yarn. tied at either side of center grip and near ends with sinew.

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