- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bow with notched ends, one end is broken and bound with plant fibre and string. One side of the bow has been carved with a ridge. [FB 1/8/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Straits of Juan de Fuca
- Cultural groups
- Makah
- Person
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Carved, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 22 mm, Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 1395 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1833 PR Cat other PR nos: 264
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Bow
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