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Description: | Reid (1912): 'Used by Eskimo bowmen'. Michie (1887): 'for protecting the wrist from the bowstring' Two rectangular pieces of hide one inside the other
"The Inuit of Arctic America used bows and arrows to hunt for smaller animals, using a composite bow of wood and sinew or hide, strung with a sinew bow-string. The arrows were wooden-shafted with an ivory or bone foreshaft, tipped with stone, such as flint or chert, or with iron or copper. The bow was used in a horizontal position. The hunter would wear a wristguard to protect the inside of his wrist from the movement of the bow-string and from being scratched by the fletching of the arrow as the arrow was released. This is a wrist guard made from sealskin. It is made from two rectangular pieces, worn one inside the other, on the inside of the wrist, and secured by a strip of hide. The wristguard comes from the Bering Strait region of NW America and dates from the late 19th century."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1850-1887 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Inuit | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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