Bow

Museum number:
5-1502
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1298
Description:
Child’s bow; probably African pine. Bow decorated with four grass bindings. This bown and arrow used throughout Liberia in hunting of small game, bow string with bark of liana.
Donor:
Charles Gordon
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa: Liberia. Tribe: Bassa
Culture or time period:
Basso
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-1502, described as Child’s bow; probably African pine. Bow decorated with four grass bindings. This bown and arrow used throughout Liberia in hunting of small game, bow string with bark of liana.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-1502, described as Child’s bow; probably African pine. Bow decorated with four grass bindings. This bown and arrow used throughout Liberia in hunting of small game, bow string with bark of liana.

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