Large curved (5'10" long) wooden bow - rope bow string elaborately made – Objects

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Object Number 56-31-60/10617

Display Title Large curved (5'10" long) wooden bow - rope bow string elaborately made

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, curved, upturned ends, wrapped string attached both ends

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Buryat

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Mongolia

Additional Geographic Terms Eastern Siberian border; Mongolian border

Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 175 x 14.6 x 7.3 cm (68 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 56-31-60/10617

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