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Bow
Object Number 997-18-30/11773
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Object Description Bow of dark wood, tapered at ends, with notches to which tree bark fiber string is tied
Inventory Description Bow with string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1997?
Culture
  • Motilone
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
South America / Venezuela
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 199.5 x 3 x 1.8 cm (78 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 997-18-30/11773
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Thomas D. Cabot
Provenance
Collector Thomas D. Cabot
Donor Estate of Thomas D. Cabot (7/21/97)

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