Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
Alternative Title
Kanu Keneya (painted on or designed bow)
Subject
bow, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
This palm bark bow is covered in a protective casing of brown corn husks. Underneath this casing the bow is wrapped with pink, black, and white string and razor grass.
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites at which time wrapping is removed. After rites bow is used out of covering until decoration frays, at which time it is removed and bow is used. same as item 177"
length- roughly 168 cm
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites at which time wrapping is removed. After rites bow is used out of covering until decoration frays, at which time it is removed and bow is used. same as item 177"
length- roughly 168 cm
Relation
Comparable to items 1966-1-175 and 1966-1-177.
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Krompi
Date Created
c. 20th century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
hunting tool, ritual
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-176
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Citation
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Krompi, “Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 13, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/174.