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Bow, wooden
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
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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