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Wooden bow
Object Number 47-54-70/2572
Display Title Wooden bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, dark wood, curved, tapered both ends, no string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Tongoa Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 163 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm (64 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2572

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