Bow and bowstring

Museum number:
1-164065a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101164065a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2212
Description:
a) Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking rt. triangles, diagonal x-hatching. b) 2-ply sinew bowstring. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.
Donor:
Nathan A. Norick
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 82 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #30: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (October 28, 1968–December 31, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow and bowstring, accession number 1-164065a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking rt. triangles, diagonal x-hatching. b) 2-ply sinew bowstring. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and bowstring, accession number 1-164065a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking rt. triangles, diagonal x-hatching. b) 2-ply sinew bowstring. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and bowstring, accession number 1-164065a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking rt. triangles, diagonal x-hatching. b) 2-ply sinew bowstring. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow and bowstring, accession number 1-164065a,b, described as a) Sinew-backed bow, reflex; blue and red design on back, interlocking rt. triangles, diagonal x-hatching. b) 2-ply sinew bowstring. Broken at grip (repaired); grip wrapping missing.

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