Bow

65-10-172

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 65-10-172
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Wood | Cotton | Cornhusk
Description

Same as 65-10-171; cord wrapping covers half bow, no bands for twisted pink and white, orange instead of pink with the black and white; other half covered by corn husk (cf. 65-10-168 and -169) bound on with strips of balsa bark. Used for game.

Length 159 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Thickness 1.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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