Bow
Unknown people (Alaska Native)
Western Arctic
Arctic
mid-late 19th century
Wood and sinew
Overall: 62 3/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (158 × 3.8 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26517
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached Tage: "Prov. undet."
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.64, no.54.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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