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Object Number 99-12-70/53414
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, curved wood, grooved, tapered both ends, twisted fiber cord
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 193.5 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm (76 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53414
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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