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Bow
Object Number 99-12-70/53410
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, flat wood, tapered to point on both ends, one side black, other black lined
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Materials Wood, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 201.5 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm (79 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53410
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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