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Object Number
95-20-10/49335
Display Title
Sinew backed yew bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wood bow, cord-wrapped center, split, notched ends.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- South Salish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California?
North America / United States / Oregon?
North America / United States / Oregon?
Additional Geographic Terms
Pacific Coast
Materials
Wood, Cord
Dimensions
Overall: 42.4 x 4.1 x 31.5 cm (16 11/16 x 1 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Roderick MacKenzie
(1817-1895)
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(1895)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 95-20-10/49335.1 | Sinew backed yew bows |
Bow
|
California?
Oregon? | |
| 94-57-10/R433 | Sinew-backed yew bow |
Accessory
|
California
| |
| 31-32-10/K104A | Bow (104a) and 10 arrows (104b); sinew backed, wrapped bow |
Bow
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1646 | Bow, sinew-backed |
Bow
|
Alaska
| |
| 21-14-10/87693 | Sinew backed bow |
Bow
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 985-27-10/59223 | Navajo bow. Sinew backed, s-shaped bow. Sinew wrapped around handhold area. Sine |
Bow
|
Arizona
| |
| 985-27-10/59180 | Double curved bow w/ sinew string. Sinew backed bow. Sinew wrapped |
Bow
|
Arizona
| |
| 98-15-10/51887 | Bow, of oak or mesquite. Probably deer sinew. Recurved bow, sinew backed, sine |
Bow
|
New Mexico
| |
| 09-8-10/75040 | Sinew-backed bow |
Bow
|
California
| |
| 04-28-10/63523 | Sinew backed bow |
Bow
|
Alaska
| |
| 99-12-10/52950 | Sinew-backed cedar bow |
Bow
|
California?
Oregon? | |
| 13-52-10/87966 | Twister for sinew backed bows |
Tools
|
North Slope Burough
|