Bow, made from bamboo. The bow tapers towards the pointed tips. There is no bowstring present. [SB [OPS move] 9/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, made from bamboo. The bow tapers towards the pointed tips. There is no bowstring present. [SB [OPS move] 9/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; West Papua Western Province Fly River
Person: Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins; PRM source Henry Nottidge Moseley; PRM source Burroughs; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1891, uncertain Donated: 08/1942, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant
Dimensions: Width: max 48 mm, Depth: max 27 mm, Length: max 1997 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.8.70
Research and responses: Moseley died in 1891 so if this item was from him it must have been donated before this date [AP 27/7/2007]

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