Bow, made from a carved length of wood. No string currently attached, but notches carved at either tip so that the string can be attached. [ASh [OPS move] 3/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, made from a carved length of wood. No string currently attached, but notches carved at either tip so that the string can be attached. [ASh [OPS move] 3/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Hokkaido
Cultural groups: Ainu アイヌ
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1892
Date collected: By 1892
Acquisition information: Purchased: 05/1892
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Bent
Dimensions: Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 1058 mm, Depth: max 24 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1892.56.37
Research and responses: Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]