An Eskimo bow
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An Eskimo bow
Finely carved and balanced, backed by a thick cable of twisted sinew and support lashings.
length 55in
Sold for US$ 1,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • For a discussion of Eskimo bow types and uses, see Fienup-Riordan, Ann, 2007, p. 169, "Bows were carved from tegg'erat hardwood, especially larch ...the heavy yugalget sinew-backed bows (were) used to hunt large animals and, during bow-and-arrow warfare, human beings."

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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