Bow/sinew tightener

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Culture/People: probably Copper Inuit (attributed)
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1919 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Banks Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Banks Island
Island Grouping: South Canadian Arctic Islands

See related items: Copper Inuit; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/2617
Barcode: 092617.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Bow/sinew tightener
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Perforated, carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67a241b8b-bde3-4d62-974d-a8e40b1ab08a

Record ID: NMAI_99746