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Object Number 39-93-60/6040.2
Display Title Wooden cross bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Crossbow, carved wood, ivory trigger latch, stock and bow separated
Classification
  • Crossbow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lisu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Yunnan / <County> / Yejih
Materials Wood, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 70.9 x 6.7 x 1.6 cm (27 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-93-60/6040.2
Provenance
Collector Quentin Roosevelt (1939 - 1939)

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