Bow Heavily Corded
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1869
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Thomas T. Minor
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SINEW-BACKED BOW: OF THE ESKIMO (ESKIMAUAN STOCK). THE BOW IS OF SPRUCE WOOD WIDEST IN THE MIDDLE AND TAPERS TO THE ENDS. THE BACKING IS OF SOUTHERN TYPE, BEING OF SINGLE CABLE SEIZED WITH SINEW CORD. AT TWO PLACES ON EACH LIMB STRANDS OF THE CABLE PASS AROUND THE IMPLEMENT SO AS TO PREVENT SPLITTING. ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT 1884, P1. 3, FIG. 4, P. 316 ALSO IN SR 1893; P1 67, 679."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik, Nushagagmiut
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001499
label: USNM Number
content: E7972-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow