Bow Item Number: 2948/137 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden bow. The body of the bow has a carved circular bulge or platform at one end where the woven looped end-piece of the bow string rests. Attached to the bow limbs are two small circular rings of woven fibres set slightly in from the ends, which are carved into points. The bowstring has only one woven loop, and the other end of the bowstring is misshapen and bends upwards to a broken point where the other loop would have existed.
Item History
- Made in Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
- Collected during 1980
- Owned by Lorne Balshine before April 11, 2012
- Received from Lorne Balshine (Donor) on April 11, 2012
What
- Name
- Bow
- Identification Number
- 2948/137 a-b
- Type of Item
- bow
- Material
- wood and plant fibre
- Part A
- height 176.9 cm, width 2.7 cm, depth 2.3 cm
- Part B
- height 152.0 cm, width 0.6 cm, depth 13.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Asmat
- Previous Owner
- Lorne Balshine
- Received from
- Lorne Balshine (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Atsy, Papua, Indonesia ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1980
- Ownership Date
- before April 11, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on April 11, 2012
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2948/0137 a-b