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Object Number 38-60-30/1792
Display Title Musical instrument - long wooden bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, long stick, flattened, both ends worked to point, bent
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm (31 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1792
Provenance
Collector Mr. C. H. Spencer (1937-1938 - 1938-1939)

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