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Cane bow
Object Number 99-12-30/53417
Display Title Cane bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, curved bamboo, wrapped leather ends, reed bow string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Northern Brazil?
Materials Wood, Reed, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 124.5 x 23.3 x 2.5 cm (49 x 9 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-30/53417
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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