Bow
- Museum number:
- 2-6974
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006974
- Alternate number:
- 7 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.128
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Drill bow of etched ivory; 4-headed piece of ivory with scenes on all sides; rawhide thong. Scenes include incised figures, some relating to hunting.
- Donor:
- Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
- Collection date:
- 1889-1904
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Bows (weapons)
- Function:
- 1.9 Multiple Utility
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Probably used for fire and for boring.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 49 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1966-1967 #45: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (December 8, 1966–December 8, 1966), and S1966-1967 #80: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1967–April 14, 1967)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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