Bow and arrows
- Museum number:
- 16-15019a-j
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm211615019a@2dj
- Alternate number:
- 35 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2927
- Description:
- Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood, with heavy string; arrows are of chakopi cane shafts; some arrows are feathered, some unfeathered; three kinds of points—simple cane reed, notched barbed kuri wood, four-pronged barbed kuri wood; all points are set into shaft, secured by string or cordage. 16-15019a—length: 144 cm; width: 2.7 cm. 16-15019b—length: 140.4 cm. 16-15019c—length: 139.2 cm. 16-15019d—length: 142 cm. 16-15019e—length: 133.5 cm. 16-15019f—length: 146 cm. 16-15019g—length: 136.6 cm. 16-15019h—length: 158 cm. 16-15019i—length: 141.2 cm. 16-15019j—length: 147.6 cm.
- Donor:
- Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Peru
- Culture or time period:
- Machiguenga
- Maker or artist:
- Arturo Shimentsa
- Collector:
- Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1973
- Context of use:
- Used for hunting; plain cane points are for killing peccaries and large game; notch barbed kuri wood points are for killing monkeys; pronged points are probably for killing birds.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Comment:
- Kuri wood bow and string; arrows are hollow cane ("chakopi") with three types of points secured by string.
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