Bear Gut and Sinew Thread
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Bear Gut and Sinew Thread
Bear gut and sinew thread
Object
1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. (0.635 x 8.89 x 0.635 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
54.E1.6
Acquisition Date:
1954 or earlier
Geography:
North and Central America, United States, Alaska, Yakutat
Classification:
Raw Materials and Organic Remains; Raw Materials
Culture/Nationality:
Tlingit, Native American
Keywords
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- gut - Processed intestine used, for example, for making strings for musical instruments and tennis rackets.
- Native American - Typically reserved to refer narrowly to the cultures of the native peoples of the United States and Canada, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts. For the indigenous peoples of Canada use the term "First Nations." For the broader concept of the cultures of any native peoples of Central America, South America, North America, or the West Indies who are considered to belong to the Mongoloid division of the human species, use "Amerindian (culture)."
- North American - Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
- Northwest Coast Native American styles - Styles belonging to Northwest Coast Native American cultures.
- sinew - In the context of materials, material comprising a tendon taken out of an animal body and used for some purpose, especially as a cord or thread, as a string in a musical instrument, or for another purpose.
- Tlingit
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