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Object Number 99-12-10/52952
Display Title Self bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, ridged, tapered to ends, braided human hair and fiber wrapped grip
Classification
  • Bow
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 141.3 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm (55 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/52952
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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