Whale bone bow

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Object Number 15-40-10/86694

Display Title Whale bone bow

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, curved ends, serrated sides, wrapped and laced with sinew

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Asiatic Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island

Materials Wood, Sinew, Bone

Dimensions Overall: 83.7 x 13.5 x 5.8 cm (32 15/16 x 5 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 15-40-10 (60)/86694

Provenance

Collector Unknown (?)

Donor Unknown (1915)

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