Bow

96-1-620

From: Venezuela | Doro Ana

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Chibato Bui
Object Number 96-1-620
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Doro Ana
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Creator Juan Perez (uncertain) | Louis Maria (uncertain)
Date Made 1980-1992
Section American
Materials Macanilla Palm Wood | Curagua Fiber
Description

Bow-shaped wood with a length of string attached at both ends. For use by a boy. Made of mancanilla plam wood (Astrocaryum jauri). Bowstring rolled by Maria Florenzia.

Length 149.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1992-3-292 - Field No SF | 392 - Collector Number

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