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Bow with rawhide string
Artist:
Yanktonai Dakota
Date: 1881
Medium: Wood, sinew
Dimensions:
Other: 114 cm (44 7/8 in.)
Classification: Weapons and Ammunition
Credit Line: Gift of Ogden B. Read
Object number: 1881.3.3
DescriptionBow much like 5475 in appearance. Black bark on back, light colored on inside, notch for bow string to lie in on inside of curve. Both ends are notched and wrapped with sinew; sinew bowstring is looped over each end but is no longer taut. Ash, recurved, backed with thick strips of sinew the full length of bow; ends reinforced by sinew wrappings. Twisted sinew bow string
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