Bow

45-15-985

From: United States of America | Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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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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