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Description
Title
Sinew Back Bow
Creator
unknown
Contributors
Allen, Brian (object photographer)
Collection Name
Ethnology
Identifier
UA83-011-0001-5
Description
This
bow
is
made
from
spruce
wood
,
sinew
, and
shell
or
horn
.
Made
from
one
piece
of
spruce
,
broad
,
flat
and
tapered
at
ends
forming
rounded
knobs
. Its
backside
is
flat
with
belly
side
keeled
from
end
to
end
with a
furrowed
center
on
about
3/4
of its
length
.
Supports
or
backing
of
braided
sinew
are
wrapped
spirally
by
another
strand
of
sinew
to
hold
it
together
.
Twenty-four
sinew
strands
are
wrapped
around
the
central
sinew
cord
and
bow
together
using
under
hitches
to
tie
'
Southern
style.
'
Dimensions
:
52.5
in.
long
x
2
in.
wide
at
widest
part
x.75
in.
thick
.
Image
shows
a
close-up
of the
bows
tip.¬ulture
:
Alutiiq-Sugpiaq
Subject.Local
Alaska Natives--Southcentral Alaska--Alutiiq-Sugpiaq
Ethnotechnology
Location
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
Region
Southcentral Alaska
Time Period
1867 to 1896
Date.original
1870
Type
Physical Object
Ordering and Use
Terms of Copyright and Use:
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/vilda-rights/
Holding Institution
UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960
mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
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