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Bow
Object Number 88-51-10/50719
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Xo'ji-s'itlting
Object Description Sinew backed bow. "The bow . . . is only used in taking small game."
Inventory Description Bow, wood, red, black stripes inside, hide wrapping, sinew, fur both ends
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Natano Band
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Hoopa Valley
Materials Wood, Hide, Sinew, Fur, Yew, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 104.2 x 5 x 1.7 cm (41 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object inscription on back; 50719 & (26510-crossed out) No 45/War Bow./Uatano Barub?/Hoopa Valley/1883-illeg
Provenance
Provenance Smithsonian Institution (1886 - 1888)
Collector Lt. P. H. Ray (1886)

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