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Object Number
987-24-10/60665
Display Title
Wooden bow strung with twisted vegetable fiber.
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden bow strung with twisted vegetable fiber. Double notched at one end where string is attached, with a single notch at the other end. 102.5 cm. (length of box); 2.04 cm. (max width)
Inventory Description
Bow, curved at ends, notched, thick corded bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms
Sioux Indian Devils Lake Reservation
Materials
Wood, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 102.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm (40 3/8 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-24-10/60665; Dexter
Provenance
Collector
Alexandria V. Dexter
(1915)
Donor
Edythe Dexter
(1987)
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