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Object Number 99-12-30/53416
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood bow, flat 1 side, tapered to notched ends, corded fiber string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Brazil, Northern
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 177.4 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (69 13/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-30/53416
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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