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Bow
Object Number 05-7-10/64527
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Xo'ji-s'itlting
Object Description Bow. Sinew-backed bow.
Inventory Description Bow, sinnew wrapped, polished one side
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Yew, Hide, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 99 x 6.5 cm (39 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64527
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (prior to 1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (February 1905)

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