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Wooden bow strung with twisted vegetable fiber.
Wooden bow strung with twisted vegetable fiber.
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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