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Model of Point Barrow bow and two 'twisters'
Model of Point Barrow bow and two 'twisters'
Object Number 10-13-10/76015
Display Title Model of Point Barrow bow and two 'twisters'
Descriptions
Object Description Model of Point Barrow bow and two 'twisters'
Inventory Description Bow, wood with knobbed ends, fiber wrapped back, string missing, 2 sticks
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 122 x 4.5 x 2 cm (48 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 10-13-10/76015/ Model of Pt Barrow bow / Made by John ####tock
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor John Murdoch (1910)

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