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Hunting bow - corded on the back with heavy braided caribou corded sinew
Hunting bow - corded on the back with heavy braided caribou corded sinew
Object Number 48-6-10/29177
Display Title Hunting bow - corded on the back with heavy braided caribou corded sinew
Descriptions
Object Description Hunting bow - corded on the back with heavy braided caribou sinew
Inventory Description Bow, recurved, hide and sinew wrapped, strung, slightly blackened at each end
Classification
  • Armament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Materials Wood, Sinew, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 135.5 x 14 x 5 cm (53 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29177
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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