Bow
29-89-171
From: Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Telei |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Description | As 29-89-170. The woven covering (eleven tubes) has more elaborate patterns of transverse and longitudinal zigzags, lozenges and oblique lines. The stops for the bowstring are of fibre string; the encrustation of gum has disappeared from one. |
| Length | 202.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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