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Bow made from reindeer horn
Object Number 93-14-10/49702
Display Title Bow made from reindeer horn
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Pisisseq, tuttup nassuanik sanaaq
Object Description Bow, 14 arrows and sealskin case. bow of reindeer horn
Inventory Description Bow, curved, compound bone attached with sinew, string broken
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland / <State> / <County> / Narkrassome
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic highlands
Materials Antler , Sinew , Leather
Dimensions Overall: 88.7 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm (34 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 93-14-10/49702
Provenance
Collector Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)
Donor Donated by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary

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