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Dark hard wood bow with bow string of bamboo wrapped with raffia +
Dark hard wood bow with bow string of bamboo wrapped with raffia +
Object Number 62-7-70/3976
Display Title Dark hard wood bow with bow string of bamboo wrapped with raffia +
Descriptions
Object Description Dark hard wood bow with bow string of bamboo wrapped with raffia +
Inventory Description Bow, one side flat, tapered at both ends, braided fiber at one end, cane separat
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 145.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm (57 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-7-70/3976

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