Bow

Museum number:

11-1523

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21110001523

Accession number:

Acc.574

Object count:

1

Description:

Round tapering bow of hard wood, without string.

Donor:

Mrs. L. F. Cockcroft

Collection place:

Malakula Island, Vanuatu

Culture or time period:

Melanesian

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bows (weapons)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1921

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown) and S1963-1964 #24: Oakland High School/Milo S. Popovich (October 11, 1963–November 15, 1963)

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