Bow, dark wood

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Object Number 99-12-70/53419

Display Title Bow, dark wood

Descriptions

Object Description Bow, dark wood

Inventory Description Bow, curved, tapered ends, twisted fiber string, separated carved wood piece

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia

Materials Wood, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 136.5 x 1.6 x 2.4 cm (53 3/4 x 5/8 x 15/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 99-12-70/53419

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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