Composite bow, made from wood, bark strips and animal sinew sting. [ASh [OPS move] 25/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Composite bow, made from wood, bark strips and animal sinew sting. [ASh [OPS move] 25/7/2017]
Long description: Composite bow, made from a wooden base, which is then covered with bark strips. The bow has been bound and strengthened with animal sinew near to the tips and along the grip. The cord is made from animal sinew. [ASh [OPS move] 25/7/2017]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Cultural groups: Oceti Sakowin - Sioux; Dakota
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: ?By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Animal Sinew, Process Carved, Process Strung, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 1113 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Depth: max 31 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.15.18 PR Cat other PR nos: 277
Research and responses: In March 2004 Roland Bohr, a PhD student from University of Manitoba, Canada, examined and sketched this object in detail, a photocopy is in the related documents file. [ZM 19/7/2005] In June 2007 Bohr examined similar bows in the collections of the Montana Historical Society in Helena. [ZM 20/07/2007]