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Object Number
99-12-70/53413
Display Title
Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, tapered to pointed ends, corded fiber bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 110.3 x 2.3 x 2 cm (43 7/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-70/53413
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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