Bow
45-15-985
From: United States of America | Montana
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-985 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Blackfeet |
Provenience | United States of America | Montana |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Sinew | Cloth | Quill |
Description | Sinew-backed bow, grip bound with sinew over red and blue cloth. Ends quill-wrapped with band near end of quilled thong over red flannel. Bow string made of twisted plant fiber. Remnants of red paint along the sinew of the bow. |
Length | 111 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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