Bow

2003-32-160

From: New Hebrides (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-160
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Hebrides (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Metal | Plant Fiber
Description

Dark brown wood, very slightly bent at ends, with ca. 11 cm long hollows or notches running the length of the convex face. Ends capped with 15-16 cm. long curved metal tips. Bowstring of twisted bast (?) tied to bases of metal tips. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Length 142 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16082 - Other Number

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