Wood bow with twine string

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Object Number 88-51-10/50691.1

Display Title Wood bow with twine string

Descriptions

Object Description Bow and two arrows; Wood bow with twine string

Inventory Description Bow, wood, vegetable fiber string

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Chitimacha

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Louisiana

Additional Geographic Terms Bayou Teche

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 171 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm (67 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 88-51-10/50691.1; 50691; 76802; Chitimacha Inds. LA.; N.O. CY

Credit Line Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution, 1888

Provenance

Collector Gov. R. W. Furness (1884 - 1884-1888)

Intermediary Smithsonian Institution (1884-1888 - 1888)

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