Wooden bow with string of rattan

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Object Number 36-105-70/481

Display Title Wooden bow with string of rattan

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, one side flat, tapered at both ends, both points broken, fiber one side

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Nor-Papua

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory; Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of

Materials Wood, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 194 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (76 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-105-70/481

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