Description

Among the Copper Inuit, the bow and arrow was the principal hunting weapon and was used well into the twentieth century. The bow is made of four sections of muskox horn masterfully scarfed together and riveted with copper rivets. The strength of the bow is created by lashings of braided sinew aligned along its back. The bow was held almost horizontally and was useful for shooting distances up to 27 metres. Purchased from Northern Traders Limited, a company that had eleven trading posts located in the western Subarctic and Arctic regions.