A study of the Eskimo bows in the U.S. National Museum
By: by John Murdoch
Contributors: United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883)
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1885
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Bow and arrow; Eskimos; Hunting
Description: Discusses the forms of bow used by the Western Eskimos, from the Mackenzie River to the Bering Strait, and the islands in the Gulf of Alaska and the outlying shores of Siberia.
Notes: In: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ... for the year 1884, pt. 2. p. 307-316.

Field work done during the U.S. International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow 1881-1883.