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Sinew-backed cedar bow
Object Number 99-12-10/52950
Display Title Sinew-backed cedar bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, wood, bark strip affixed, coming off at ends, leather wrapped at center
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California?
North America / United States / Oregon?
Additional Geographic Terms California?, north
Materials Bark Leather Cedar Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 4 x 2.2 cm (38 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/52950
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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