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Bamboo bow
Object Number 39-17-70/1293
Display Title Bamboo bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, curved bow, two notches, tapered ends, split cane string, braided fiber end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luelala Moraid
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sainke Doek
Additional Geographic Terms Luelala Moraid
Materials Bamboo, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 118 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm (46 7/16 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1293

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