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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
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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