"Bow - Inuit Culture, Alaska - 19th Century Or Earlier "
BOW Inuit culture, Alaska
19th century or earlier
Wood and sinew
Length: 135 ; L.: 5 cm
A wooden bow with a flat cross-section and a swollen middle section to make it easier to grip. The back is reinforced with numerous braided sinew ligatures.
The sinew string is attached to the bow by lugs on the two sides.
It retains three old labels with handwritten inventory or collection numbers.
Bibliography:
A similar example is kept at the Musée du Quai Branly.
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