Sinew-backed bow

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Sinew-backed bow
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Datedate unknown
MediumWood and sinew
DimensionsOverall: 88.9 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm (35 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.555
Not on view
DescriptionBow of yew wood, sinew-backed, with string tied at ends; broken in the middle.

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).
Bow
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, sinew, hide and black paint
Object number: 1984.554
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1834
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.548
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
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, stone, feathers and sinew
Object number: 1984.563
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, obsidian point, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.565
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, obsidian point, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.577
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, stone, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.561
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, glass point, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.558
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, glass, feathers, and sinew
Object number: 1984.560
Date: unknown
Medium: Wood, stone, feathers and sinew
Object number: 1984.564