Wooden king bow - covered with red and yellow basketry work – Objects

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Object Number 40-12-70/1782

Display Title Wooden king bow - covered with red and yellow basketry work

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, woven wrapping with diamond designs in red and yellow, strung

Classification

Raw Material
Bow

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Buin
Terei

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island

Materials Wood, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 205.5 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm (80 7/8 x 1 1/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-12-70/(1845) / 1782

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
40-12-70/1783	Wooden king bow - covered with red and yellow basketry work	Bow	Bougainville Island
40-12-70/1788	Wooden king spear - long barbs, covered with basketry work	Spear	Bougainville Island
46-78-60/8758	Bow covered with lacquered designs of green yellow and red	Bow	India
40-12-70/1715	Wooden king spear - long barbs; completely covered with red & yellow +	Spear	Bougainville Island
40-12-70/1845	Wooden king spear - long barbs; shaft covered with maroon & yellow +	Spear	Bougainville Island
40-12-70/1932	Wooden fighting bow - string of cane; bands of black & tan basketry +	Bow	Papua New Guinea
40-12-70/1702	Child's bow - partly finished; in process of being covered with red +	Bow	Bougainville Island
985-27-10/60321	Bow, possibly Apache. Inside of bow covered w/ yellow pigment. Back of bow dec	Arrow	United States
40-12-70/1870	Wooden king spear - barbed; carved & white filled band; basketry +	Spear	Bougainville Island
40-12-70/1787	Wooden king spear - barbed, carved white-filled band, red & yellow +	Spear	Bougainville Island
40-12-70/1844	Wooden king spear - long barbs; decorated with black, yellow & red +	Spear	Bougainville Island
46-78-60/8775	1 large bow of wood completely covered with grass and painted red and black	Bow	China

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