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Datedate unknown
MediumWood, sinew, hide and black paint
DimensionsOverall: 36 9/16 × 3 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (92.9 × 8.1 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.554
Not on view
DescriptionBow, sinew-backed, yew wood, painted; hide covered ends.

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed Inscribed in black ink on verso: E112
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and sinew
Object number: 1984.555
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1834
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.548
Shirt decoration
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Tanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
Object number: 1984.553
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1825-1850
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Model of a Bidarka boat with three seated figures
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, intestine, string, and paint
Object number: 1984.514
Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, intestine, string, and paint
Object number: 1984.513
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Date: c. 1850-1875
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1996.15.32
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
Medium: Terracotta with paint, wood, and feathers
Object number: 2018.3.6
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, bone or antler, and feather, bound with sinew
Object number: 1984.515
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, obsidian point, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.562
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.559
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, glass point, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.556