Bow, wooden

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Object Number 76-46-70/10788

Display Title Bow, wooden

Descriptions

Object Description Bow, wooden

Inventory Description Carved wood bow, lengthwise groove on interior edge, carved ends

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Tonga

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 169.8 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm (66 7/8 x 1 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 76-46-70/10788; 10.788

Provenance

Collector Fred Kehers (before 1876)

Donor Peabody Academy of Science (October 1876)

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