Bow

Museum number:
2-5217
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005217
Alternate number:
25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Made of ash wood, sinew string.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Warfare and hunting.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 131 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: cf. pp. 448-452, "The Omaha Tribe", AE, Vol. 27. Made by: men. Photo: 13/95. Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #90: Jefferson Elementary School/Jeanette Perry (May 22, 1964–May 25, 1964), S1984-1985 #20: California State University, Chico (November 9, 1984–June 28, 1985), and S1988-1989 #47: Reading Public Museum (Pennsylvania) (June 28, 1989–August 21, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-5217, described as Made of ash wood, sinew string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-5217, described as Made of ash wood, sinew string.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bow, accession number 2-5217, described as Made of ash wood, sinew string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-5217, described as Made of ash wood, sinew string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-5217, described as Made of ash wood, sinew string.

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