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Object Number
23-47-70/D1771
Display Title
Fighting bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, curved, one side flat, tapered at both ends, bowstring twisted and attached
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Santa Cruz Islands
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 187.4 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm (73 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
23-47-70/D1771
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-47-70/D1772.1 | Fighting bows |
Bow
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 23-47-70/D1773.1 | Fighting bows |
Bow
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 40-12-70/1932 | Wooden fighting bow - string of cane; bands of black & tan basketry + |
Bow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 23-47-70/D1772.2 | Fighting bows |
Arrow
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 23-47-70/D1773.2 | Fighting bows |
Arrow
|
Solomon islands
| |
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Bow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 95-20-70/49295 | Bow |
Bow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 62-7-70/3974 | Dark wood bow with bamboo bowstring attached with raffia (65") |
Bow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 40-12-70/1799 | Wooden hunting bow |
Bow
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 973-11-70/5315B | Bamboo bow, 59.5 in. l. x 1.5 in. diam, black wood bow (?), + |
Bow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 76-31-70/9615 | Bow |
Bow
|
Oceania
| |
| 64-18-70/4552.125 | Bows |
Bow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia |