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Sinew backed bow
Object Number 04-28-10/63523
Display Title Sinew backed bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, constricted center, flared ends, wrapped and corded sinew, bone inserts
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Wood, Sinew, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 148.3 x 7.2 x 2 cm (58 3/8 x 2 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-28-10/63523
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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