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Child's bow
Object Number 40-12-70/1700
Display Title Child's bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, flat, tapered both ends, fiber string attached one end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 159.2 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (62 11/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1700

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