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Bow, sinew-corded
Object Number 67-9-10/172
Display Title Bow, sinew-corded
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, flared ends, sinew-corded, broken
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
  • North Alaska Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, north; Point Barrow?
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 116.5 x 3 x 3.5 cm (45 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-9-10/172; 172 / BA
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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