Man's Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF MESQUITE WOOD, 58" LONG. SECTION NEARLY ROUND, 1" IN DIAMETER AT CENTER, TAPERING TOWARD ENDS TO 1/2". ONE END OF THE BOW IS STRENGTHENED WITH A RAWHIDE BAND SHRUNK IN PLACE. FINISHED WITH A TWO-STRAND GUT STRING. THE BOW IS NO LONGER AN IMPLEMENT OF WAR OR OF THE CHASE AMONG THE PAPAGO INDIANS, SINCE MODERN FIREARMS HAVE SUPERSEDED IT. IT IS STILL USED IN CEREMONIAL GATHERINGS, AND AS A PLAYTHING AMONG THE BOYS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fresnal, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
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: E174439-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 147 cm
label: Diameter - At Center
content: 3 cm