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Sinew backed bow of cherry wood, Covered with rattlesnake skin.
Sinew backed bow of cherry wood, Covered with rattlesnake skin.
Object Number 15-36-10/86470
Display Title Sinew backed bow of cherry wood, Covered with rattlesnake skin.
Descriptions
Object Description Sinew backed bow of cherry wood, Covered with rattlesnake skin.
Inventory Description Bow, wood, decorated with snakeskin, feathers, leather, pigment, sinew string
Classification
  • Armament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Snakeskin, Leather, Feather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 92.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm (36 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86470
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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