Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF MIMOSA WOOD, 4 FEET 9 1/2" LONG. OUTER FACE SLIGHTLY CONVEX, INNER FACE FLAT, GREATEST WIDTH 1 3/4", THICKNESS (8" FROM HAND HOLD) 5/8". THE BOW TAPERS FROM THE GREATEST WIDTH TOWARD THE ENDS TO 5/8", AND IS HERE FURNISHED WITH NOTCHED HEADS FOR AFFIXING THE BOWSTRING. AT THE HAND HOLD, WHICH IS 7" LONG, THE BOW IS DECREASED IN WIDTH TO 1 1/8" AND INCREASED IN THICKNESS TO 1". A CRACK IN ONE END OF THE BOW HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED BY TWO TIES OF SINEW AND A BAND OF RAW DEERSKIN (FROM THE LEG) SHRUNK ON IN PLACE. TWO FIRE HOLES, ONE WORN THROUGH BY USE, OCCUR JUST BEYOND THE HAND HOLD ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE BOW, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EDGE. SMALL GROOVES HAVE BEEN CUT ON THE EDGE OF THE BOW LEADING OUT OF THE FIRE HOLES, SO THAT IGNITION OF TINDER PLACED UNDERNEATH ON THE GROUND MAY TAKE PLACE READILY. THE HOLES ARE 3/8" IN DIAMETER, THE SIZE OF THE CANE SHAFT OF THE ARROW USED WITH THE BOW. IT IS PROBABLE THAT AN ARROW WITH THE HEAD AND WATERBIRCH PORTION OF THE SHAFT REMOVED, HAS BEEN RAPIDLY ROTATED IN THE HOLES TO CREATE FIRE. THE BOW STRING IS OF GUT, 1/8" IN DIAMETER. THE BOW IS THE PREVAILING WEAPON AMONG THE SERI INDIANS, AND IN ITS USE THEY." CONT. SEE CARD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174495-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 146.1 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 4.45 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.587 cm