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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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