4 foot curved wooden bow - no bowstring – Objects

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Object Number 56-31-60/10616

Display Title 4 foot curved wooden bow - no bowstring

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, bark and bamboo decoration, skin grip, notched ends

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Buryat

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Mongolia

Additional Geographic Terms Eastern Siberian border; Mongolian border

Materials Wood, Bark, Bamboo, Skin, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 89.7 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm (35 5/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 56-31-60/10616

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