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Object Number 88-51-10/50709
Display Title Small self bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, short, curved at ends, notched, remnants of string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Makah?
  • Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Oregon
North America / United States / Washington
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 79.2 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm (31 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50709
Provenance
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1840)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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