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Eskimo bow
Object Number 67-24-10/638
Display Title Eskimo bow
Descriptions
Object Description Eskimo bow
Inventory Description Bow, curved wood with flaring ends, wrapped sinew at back, broken string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska?
Additional Geographic Terms Canada, Northwest; Alaska, north
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 122 x 3 x 2 cm (48 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 67-24-10/638; 8s 804 / 1969 Equimaux of Arctic Coast / BRRoss / 638 / Arctic Coa
Provenance
Collector R. B. Ross (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1868)

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