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Hard wood bow (60")
Object Number 62-7-70/3995
Display Title Hard wood bow (60")
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, one side flat, tapered to a point at both ends, braided fiber at each end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 150.9 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm (59 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-7-70/3995

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