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E7445-0 - Marlinspike and Cable TwistersBack

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Description

A set of tools for attaching sinew backing to a bow. The set consists of a marlinspike and two sinew twisters made from bone or antler. Each has a drilled hole at one end, and it is likely that at one time these tools had been strung together on a thong.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "BOW TOOLS. 1 SPIKE, 2 TIGHTENERS FOUND 1/1981. MFL. INVENTORIED 1981."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E7445-0
  • Object Type: bow tools
  • Materials: antler, bone
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, drilling
  • Tags: tool, hunting, land hunting

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