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Object Number 09-8-10/75120
Display Title Thumb protector from bow string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leather triangular shaped strip, 2 ties one end
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Additional Geographic Terms Havre, Vicinity of
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 8 x 0.1 cm (17 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75120
Provenance
Collector Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1900 - ?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (? - 1909)

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