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Wooden bow
Object Number 69-30-10/1640
Display Title Wooden bow
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden bow
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood tapered to notched ends, thick leather bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Alutiiq?
  • Northern Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Aleutian Islands?; Kodiak Island?; St. Paul Island?; St. George Island?; Alaskan peninsula
Materials Wood, Leather, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 148.5 x 9.5 x 2.1 cm (58 7/16 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/1640
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1869
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (10/1867-07/1868)
Seller Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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