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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
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
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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