Bow

Museum number:
9-6347a-g
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2208
Description:
(a) Composite reflex bow with back a thin veneer of birchbark and belly of water buffalo horn; sharkskin grip; length 116 cm; (b) silk and cotton bowstring with loop at each end; length 105 cm; (c) end of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 50 cm. (e) section of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 5 cm; (f) cotton bowstring lopped at both ends, probably recent manuf.; length 55 cm; (g) cotton plain weave ribbon, length 70 cm.
Donor:
Howard Hamman Jr.
Collection place:
Mongolia
Taxon:
Bubalus arnee
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 9-6347a-g, described as (a) Composite reflex bow with back a thin veneer of birchbark and belly of water buffalo horn; sharkskin grip; length 116 cm; (b) silk and cotton bowstring with loop at each end; length 105 cm; (c) end of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 50 cm. (e) section of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 5 cm; (f) cotton bowstring lopped at both ends, probably recent manuf.; length 55 cm; (g) cotton plain weave ribbon, length 70 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bow, accession number 9-6347a-g, described as (a) Composite reflex bow with back a thin veneer of birchbark and belly of water buffalo horn; sharkskin grip; length 116 cm; (b) silk and cotton bowstring with loop at each end; length 105 cm; (c) end of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 50 cm. (e) section of bowstring, cotton and silk; length 5 cm; (f) cotton bowstring lopped at both ends, probably recent manuf.; length 55 cm; (g) cotton plain weave ribbon, length 70 cm.

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