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Bracer for bow string
Object Number 13-26-10/85235
Display Title Bracer for bow string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow guard, silver, leather, rectangular base, impressed and raised design
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Canon de Chelly, west entrance
Materials Silver, Leather, Turquoise
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm (4 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-26-10/85235
Provenance
Collector Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1913 - 1913)
Collector Mr. Robert G. Fuller (1913 - 1913)
Donor Augustus Hemenway (1913)

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