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Object Number 33-39-20/337
Display Title Wooden bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, flat, tapered to notched ends, twisted fiber and cotton bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San Blas
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 147.8 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm (58 3/16 x 1 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-39-20/337

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