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Bamboo bow strung with rattan ("wau")
Bamboo bow strung with rattan ("wau")
Object Number 39-17-70/1185
Display Title Bamboo bow strung with rattan ("wau")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Wau
Inventory Description Bow, dark bamboo bow, braided cane loops, split cane bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Bamboo, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 152 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm (59 13/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1185

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