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Object Number
76-46-70/10787
Display Title
Bow, wooden
Descriptions
Object Description
Bow, wooden
Inventory Description
Carved wood bow, grooved outer edge, ends carved, twisted fiber bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Fiji
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 153.1 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm (60 1/4 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
10.787
Provenance
Collector
Fred Kehers
(before 1876)
Donor
Peabody Academy of Science
(October 1876)
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