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Small sinew backed bow
Object Number 88-51-10/50661
Display Title Small sinew backed bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden bow, sinew string, sinew backed
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Utah
Additional Geographic Terms Utah, southern
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 89 x 8 x 2.3 cm (35 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50661 & 1204 [crossed out]
Provenance
Collector Maj. John Wesley Powell (01/01/1873-01/01/1884)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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