Bow, string made of rattan

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Object Number 72-20-70/6186

Display Title Bow, string made of rattan

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, rough surface, tapered and plant fiber at each end, bowstring attached

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Materials Wood, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 194.2 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm (76 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 72-20-70/6186

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
72-20-70/6184	Bow, string made of rattan	Bow	Papua New Guinea
72-20-70/6185	Bow, string made of rattan	Bow	Papua New Guinea
36-105-70/481	Wooden bow with string of rattan	Bow	New Guinea
98-3-50/51368	Bow with rattan string	Bow	Africa
40-12-70/1932	Wooden fighting bow - string of cane; bands of black & tan basketry +	Bow	Papua New Guinea
39-17-70/1186	Bamboo bow strung with rattan	Bow	Sanke Doek
17-41-50/B1793	Bow, strung with rattan	Bow	Congo
39-17-70/1184	Bamboo bow strung with rattan. Carved at ends	Bow	Sanke Doek
973-16-50/11431	Wood bow with arrow, plied bast bow string, iron tip on arrow. Length of bow 3	Bow	Ethiopia
56-31-60/10617	Large curved (5'10" long) wooden bow - rope bow string elaborately made	Bow	Mongolia
39-17-70/1185	Bamboo bow strung with rattan ("wau")	Bow	Sanke Doek
39-39-50/4458	2 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun")	Bow	Nyaruanda

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