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Palm-wood bow
Object Number 94-57-70/R1982
Display Title Palm-wood bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, curved wood, tapered ends, one side black, twisted fiber bow string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Nissan Island
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 186 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm (73 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 94-57-70/R1982

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