Bow, arrow

Museum number:
5-3401a-d
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1771
Object count:
4
Description:
A) Wooden bow; hand twisted fiber string; 48 3/8'' length. B) Arrow; long iron point; 33 1/4'' (84.48 cm) length. C) Arrow; leaf-shaped point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. D) Arrow; long iron point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. Purchased from Karamoja Local African Government.
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Karamojong tribe
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
February 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, arrow, accession number 5-3401a-d, described as A) Wooden bow; hand twisted fiber string; 48 3/8'' length. B) Arrow; long iron point; 33 1/4'' (84.48 cm) length. C) Arrow; leaf-shaped point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. D) Arrow; long iron point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. Purchased from Karamoja Local African Government.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, arrow, accession number 5-3401a-d, described as A) Wooden bow; hand twisted fiber string; 48 3/8'' length. B) Arrow; long iron point; 33 1/4'' (84.48 cm) length. C) Arrow; leaf-shaped point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. D) Arrow; long iron point; 31'' (78.74 cm) length. Purchased from Karamoja Local African Government.

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