Bow

Museum number:
2-6371
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006371
Alternate number:
x-2564 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather, Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Child's bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 inches
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC53-03 p. 97 Graburn
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6371, described as Wrapped with sinew and twisted sinew string. Wood, single curve; reinforced with twisted sinew cord; leather thong as bow string. For training boys. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.

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