Bow
- Museum number:
- 5-15673a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210515673a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- B-1987a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4614
- Object count:
- 10
- Description:
- a) bow, wrought iron, with twisted rod "bow string": L 20.5 cm b) one bundle of 9 staples, in process of mfg. (not yet bent into "U" but pointed at both ends); L 7.3 cm
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Igana
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Bows (weapons)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1993
- Context of use:
- a) per field card: "Sopona Ososi, orun, Iganna." [an artifact from the Ogun cult?] Note: field card describes bow and arrow. arrows not present, but b) is bundle of staples.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- b— length 7.3 centimeters and a— length 20.5 centimeters
- Comment:
- Iganna, 1938, Ososi Sopona (orun) (?). NOTE: may be 5-15670, vice 5-15673. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-11-9
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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