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Bow guard of metal and leather
Object Number 45-25-10/28446
Display Title Bow guard of metal and leather
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leather bow guard with large discoidal silver ornament, etched linear design.
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Silver, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 9.4 x 7.6 x 2.8 cm (3 11/16 x 3 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28446
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Mary Hemenway, 1945
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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