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Palm wood bow, decorated
Palm wood bow, decorated
Object Number 30-61-70/D3670
Display Title Palm wood bow, decorated
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, one side flat, tapered at each end, weaved fiber at one end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 174.3 x 3.9 x 1.4 cm (68 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-60-70/D3670

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