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Bow
Object Number 73-9-30/7405
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, tapers to cylindrical pegged ends, flat 1 side, no string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tupi?
  • Arawak?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Para / <County> / <City> / Santarem
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 159.5 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (62 13/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73-9-30/7405 & Southern [??]\ Hartt
Provenance
Provenance Unknown
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1871 - 1873)
Expedition Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt (1871 - 1873)

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