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Object Number 09-3-30/75824
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, tapered to notched ends, twisted fiber bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Machiguenga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Urubamba, Headwaters of the
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 162.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm (64 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75824

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