Bow, Strung
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Apr 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William Dinwiddie
label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LONG BOW AND ARROWS.-BOW OF MESQUITE WOOD. CROSS SECTION 2 INCHES IN GREATEST DIAMETER, STRONGLY CONVEX ON INNER SIDE, SLIGHTLY SO ON OUTER SIDE OR BACK. TAPERED TOWARD ENDS, AND FURNISHED WITH NOTCHES TO HOLD THE STRING. STRUNG WITH STRONG HEAVY TWISTED GUT STRING. INNER FACE OF THE BOW DECORATED IN RED OCHER CONVENTIONAL VINE DESIGN. BACK SOLIDLY COLORED WITH RED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 5 1/2 INCHES AT HAND HOLD. FOUR ARROWS, ABOUT 37 INCHES IN LENGTH, WOODEN SHAFTS 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. TIPPED WITH RUDE [sic] FLINT ARROWHEADS, HELD IN PLACE BY A NOTCH CUT IN THE SHAFT, AND CEMENTED THERE WITH MESQUITE GUM, AND FINALLY LASHED WITH SINEW. FEATHERED WITH TWO OWL OR HAWK FEATHERS, 7 INCHES IN LENGTH, BOUND TO THE SHAFT BY SINEW TIES AT EITHER END. THE BUTT OR CORD NOTCH IS 1/8 INCH DEEP AND WELL OPEN. THE SINEW WRAPPING IS BROUGHT WELL DOWN TOWARD THE NOTCH TO PREVENT SPLITING. PIMA INDIANS, SOUTHERN ARIZONA, 1894. 175,046. 175,047. COLLECTED W J MCGEE AND WM. DINWIDDIE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pima (Akimel O'odham; Akimel O'otham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029280
label: USNM Number
content: E175046-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow