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Wooden Bow
Object Number 987-16-10/71163A
Display Title Wooden Bow
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden bow, used for fire-making, with leather thong through holes in either end. Together with #71163B & 71163C.
Inventory Description Carved wooden fire bow, w/ leather strap attached at ends, tied to 71163B and C.
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm (19 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-16-10/71163A
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James Hawks in memory of her husband, James Dudley Hawks II, Class of 1943
Provenance
Collector Edward Allerton Hawks (1910-1916)
Donor Mrs. James Dudley Hawks (9/23/1987)

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