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
Related Materials	1870 Alutiiq solid spruce Sinew Back Bow
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