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Object Number 99-12-10/52949
Display Title Sinew-backed bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, curved wood, sinew back, splitting, leather wrapped grip, bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 103.5 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm (40 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/52949
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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