Bow
29-89-1
From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Buka Island (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Of palmwood. Back of stave flat, belly rounded with two parallel longitudinal incisions. The twisted fibre string is coated with a resinous substance, perhaps the same (Parinarium gum) with which one end of the string is permanently fastened to the stave. |
| Length | 183.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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