Bow

Museum number:
16-9850
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
Palm wood hunting wood bow; Kanun; used mostly by young boys; undecorated; bark string; 54.5 inches long.
Donor:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Kaxinawá
Collector:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 16-9850, described as Palm wood hunting wood bow; Kanun; used mostly by young boys; undecorated; bark string; 54.5 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 16-9850, described as Palm wood hunting wood bow; Kanun; used mostly by young boys; undecorated; bark string; 54.5 inches long.

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