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Object Number
88-51-10/50720
Display Title
Sinew backed bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, sinew back, leather grip, taught bowstring, broken
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Miwok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Wood, Sinew, Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 85 x 18.3 x 2.4 cm (33 7/16 x 7 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50720; 15126 [crossed out]
Provenance
Provenance
Maj. William Rich
(1838-1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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