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Sinew-backed bow
Object Number 99-12-10/52951
Display Title Sinew-backed bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, sinew string, bark on 1 side, leather/braided fiber wrapped center, split
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800
Culture
  • Clatsop
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oregon
Additional Geographic Terms Chinook River; Astoria, near
Materials Sinew Bark Plant fiber Deerskin Yew
Dimensions Overall: 77.7 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm (30 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/52951; Indian bow from the n. west coast of America #-26-15 Chinook Tri
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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