Bow, made from wood with a string made from twisted animal hide. [ASh [OPS move] 11/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, made from wood with a string made from twisted animal hide. [ASh [OPS move] 11/7/2017]
Long description: Bow, made from wood and bound near either tip with animal gut or animal sinew, which is almost transparent. The string is made from twisted animal hide. [ASh [OPS move] 11/7/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Kalahari Desert
Cultural groups: Khoe-San
Person: Field collector G.H. Sadd; PRM source G.H. Sadd
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Purchased: 06/1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Gut, Material Animal Sinew, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1114 mm, Width: max 55 mm, Depth: max 20 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.69.1.1
Research and responses: The donor index gives the name as ?A.H. Sadd rather than GH Sadd [AP 30/1/2004]

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