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Dark wood bow with bamboo bowstring, white feather at one end (55")
Dark wood bow with bamboo bowstring, white feather at one end (55")
Object Number 62-7-70/3981
Display Title Dark wood bow with bamboo bowstring, white feather at one end (55")
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, smooth, pigment one end, tapered at both ends, bowstring unattached
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem
Materials Wood, Pigment, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 186 x 4 x 1.5 cm (73 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-7-70/3981

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