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Cross bow and string
Object Number 13-24-60/85104
Display Title Cross bow and string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, flat rectangular wood, oval cut-out, ivory inlaid in center, twisted fiber
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Shan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Upper Burma
Materials Wood, Ivory?, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 78 x 3.9 x 1.6 cm (30 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85104

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