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Object Number 88-51-10/49727
Display Title Ceremonial self-bow
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial self-bow
Inventory Description Bow, curved, wood with sinew string, notched ends
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Hopi pueblo
Dimensions Overall: 83.7 x 6 x 2.6 cm (32 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49727, 84307 (crossed out), Case 90
Provenance
Collector Victor Mindeleff (1883)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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