Bow with cordage bow string

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Object Number 2016.2.7

Display Title Bow with cordage bow string

Descriptions

Object Description Wood bow with plant cordage bow string

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date 1968 or earlier

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands

Materials Wood , Plant fiber cordage

Quantity 1

Credit Line Gift of Anthropological and Medical Expedition to Solomon Islands by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Expedition

Provenance

Collector Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968-2016)

Donor Donated by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968-2016)

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