Object Number | 2003-82-161 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Africa |
Section | African |
Materials | Ebony (uncertain) | Snakeskin | Hide | Seeds | Fiber |
Description | Bow made from ebony-colored wood. Bound with snake skin, different kinds of animal hide. Strung with seeds and reddish-brown twine. Condition fair-poor; pieces falling off, especially at ends. |
Length | 87.5 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1993.X.1541 - Other Number |
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