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Bow of palm wood
Object Number 96-25-70/49466
Display Title Bow of palm wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, one side flat, tapered at each end, bowstring attached at one end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 181.6 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm (71 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 96-25-70/49466
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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