http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1261467
type: Entity
ksamsok version: 1.3.0
service name: objekt
service organization: SMVK-EM
service organization full: Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet
build date: 2026-08-07
url: https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/1261467
subject: culturalHistory
data quality: raw
item super type: object
item type: object
item key word: 1912.06.0220
item key word: Batwa
item key word: Twa
item key word: Vapen (411)
item key word: Redskap och verktyg (410)
item key word: von Rosen, Eric
item key word: Eric von Rosen
item key word: Kap till Kairo
item key word: Kap-Kairo-expeditionen
item key word: WHMZ
item label: bågformare, tool, bow tool
is part of: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1068961
is visualized by: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/25103598
P12 B.was present at: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/exhibition/1434234
is mentioned by: http://libris.kb.se/bib/1657844
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning
  desc: Enligt generalkatalogen: Bågformare av trä.
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Publicerad text, engelska
  desc: "In order for the bow not to lose its elasticity too quickly and become completely incapable, some natural people have their bows only slightly elongated. But with this there are two drawbacks. On the one hand, the effect of the bow will be less strong and, on the other hand, the string will run very close to the bow bar, so the wrist as mentioned is exposed to being struck by the string, unless it is a effective protection worn out. However, these armrests are for the most part quite bulky to wear. To avoid these drawbacks it was therefore necessary to build a bow, on which the string runs sufficiently far from the bow shaft without most of it being stressed except during the actual firing. To achieve this desire, the swamp people bend the tips of the bow shaft along a specially made wooden arch former (Fig. 64), which is firmly fixed (Fig. 63). To facilitate this bending of the ends of the arch, they are immersed in hot water immediately before forming. The wood of the frame must be completely fresh when bending, but only when the wood of the frame is completely dry can the wood blocks be detached from the rod. The arch has therefore obtained the desired shape, which appears in Figs. 60 and 61 and which he then maintains. The string is now applied according to the same method used in stringing straight bows and as I described above. The string on a hooked bow must be tightened completely insignificantly when it is fixed, because thanks to the shape of the bow it is still far enough from the center of the bow shaft that it does not reach the shooter's wrist when firing. This relieves the larger and more powerful part of the bow barrel from almost any strain except the moment the string is pulledback to give the arrow velocity." (p. 183, von Rosen, 1916, translated from Swedish). @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Beskrivning / engelska
  desc: According to the general catalog: Arc former of wood. @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Utställning / tidigare
  desc: Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Referens, publicerad i
  desc: Rosen, Eric von (1916). Träskfolket: svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionens etnografiska forskningsresultat. Stockholm: Bonnier
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Nordrhodesia
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Rhodesia
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Land / engelska
  desc: Zambia @en
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Bangweuluträsket, Northern Province
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Geografiskt namn / annat
  desc: Bangveloträsket
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Händelse / var närvarande vid
  desc: Svenska Rhodesia-Kongo-expeditionen (1911-1912)
item description: ItemDescription
  type: Händelse / var närvarande vid
  desc: Foto Zambia
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Materialkategori
  material: trä
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Material
  material: trä
item material: ItemMaterial
  type: Material, engelska
  material: wood @en
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord
  name: bågformare
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord, engelska
  name: tool @en
item name: ItemName
  type: Sakord, engelska
  name: bow tool @en
item number: ItemNumber
  type: Inventarienummer
  number: 1912.06.0220
context: Rosen, Eric von
  type: Context
  context label: Insamlad
  context type: transact
  context super type: interact
  intermediary: http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1181582
context: Context
  context label: Förvärvad
  context type: transact
  context super type: interact
  from time: 1912
  to time: 1912
context: Twa
  type: Context
  context label: Brukad
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  user: Q7857394
context: Context
  context label: Ursprung
  context type: use
  context super type: interact
  country: zm
  continent name: Afrika
  country name: Zambia
context: Rhodesia-Kongo-Expeditionens utställning
  type: Context
  context label: Utställd
  context type: display
  context super type: interact
  place name: Konstakademien, Stockholm
  from time: 1913-02-04
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Sandin, Tony
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Sandin, Tony
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Sandin, Tony
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
image: Image
  media type: image/jpeg
  byline: Sandin, Tony
  copyright: Statens museer för världskultur
  media license: by
  media license url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item license: cc0
item license url: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
presentation: 1.3.0 2026-08-07 bågformare Rådata 1261467 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet SMVK-EM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1261467 1912.06.0220 Enligt generalkatalogen: Bågformare av trä. "In order for the bow not to lose its elasticity too quickly and become completely incapable, some natural people have their bows only slightly elongated. But with this there are two drawbacks. On the one hand, the effect of the bow will be less strong and, on the other hand, the string will run very close to the bow bar, so the wrist as mentioned is exposed to being struck by the string, unless it is a effective protection worn out. However, these armrests are for the most part quite bulky to wear. To avoid these drawbacks it was therefore necessary to build a bow, on which the string runs sufficiently far from the bow shaft without most of it being stressed except during the actual firing. To achieve this desire, the swamp people bend the tips of the bow shaft along a specially made wooden arch former (Fig. 64), which is firmly fixed (Fig. 63). To facilitate this bending of the ends of the arch, they are immersed in hot water immediately before forming. The wood of the frame must be completely fresh when bending, but only when the wood of the frame is completely dry can the wood blocks be detached from the rod. The arch has therefore obtained the desired shape, which appears in Figs. 60 and 61 and which he then maintains. The string is now applied according to the same method used in stringing straight bows and as I described above. The string on a hooked bow must be tightened completely insignificantly when it is fixed, because thanks to the shape of the bow it is still far enough from the center of the bow shaft that it does not reach the shooter's wrist when firing. This relieves the larger and more powerful part of the bow barrel from almost any strain except the moment the string is pulledback to give the arrow velocity." (p. 183, von Ros…