Bow, carved from palm wood. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, carved from palm wood. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]
Long description: Bow, carved from palm wood with a dark brown stain to the surface. Decorating one end of the bow are incised swirls and loops. There are bindings of plaited plant fibre bands around both ends of the bow, but one end is very friable and damaged (wrapped in tissue). Attached is a cane string. [ASh [OPS move] 9/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 80 mm, Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 1758 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.79.2

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