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Bow
Object Number 99-12-50/53203
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Object Description Bow
Inventory Description Wood bow, cylindrical, tapered to pointed ends, fiber and sinew wraps
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • San?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood, Sinew, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 135 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (53 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53203
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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