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Navajo bow
Object Number 88-51-10/50686
Display Title Navajo bow
Descriptions
Object Description Navajo bow
Inventory Description Bow, wrapped leather grip, sinew at ends, string missing
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Wood, Sinew, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 106.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (41 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50686; 1768 ; Navajo
Provenance
Collector J. Varden (1838-1886)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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