Bow

17764

From: New Guinea | Northern New Guinea | Astrolabe Bay Region (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 17764
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Northern New Guinea | Astrolabe Bay Region (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Plant Fiber
Description

The stave is of bamboo, not palmwood; the treatment of the ends, including some elements of the carved ornament, resembles that of the bows figured in Biro, Beschreibender Katalog...

Length 185 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Pepper, 1896

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