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Self bow
Object Number 88-51-10/50121
Display Title Self bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, ridged, tapered to ends, notched, one end broken
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Chaleitmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kuskokwim region; Nunivak Island, opposite
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 137 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm (53 15/16 x 2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50121; 4012; 36039; Alaska / Chalimut ; Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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