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Bow
Object Number 67-24-70/626
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, grooved center, ridged ends, 1 end broken
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 173.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm (68 5/16 x 1 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 626/ Ex Ex: 3166 Fiji Is.
Provenance
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1842)
Collector U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1867)

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