Bow

Museum number:
9-12845
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012845
Alternate number:
148 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2519
Object count:
1
Description:
Bow, with string; flattened piece of hard wood slightly curved; groove along center of flat surface; thick twisted fiber string knotted at either end. Length 140 cm
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
Andaman Islands, Indian subcontinent, Asia
Culture or time period:
Andamanese people
Collector:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection date:
1950-1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
overall— length 140 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 9-12845, described as Bow, with string; flattened piece of hard wood slightly curved; groove along center of flat surface; thick twisted fiber string knotted at either end. Length 140 cm

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