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Curatorial Remarks

This bow is a recurve bow.

Tags: wood, bow, carved, sinew, string
People: possibly Apache
Places: Southwestern, Arizona, New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use, personal activity, social events, commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Carved wooden bow
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Chiricahua (artist and user)
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Bow
Accession No: 
73.284
Previous Number(s): 
7336.284; 14564
Department: 
Anthropology
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