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1931.86.179

Palm mid-rib bow with palm-leaf ribbon stretched across.

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1931.86.179

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Collection type
Object
Description
Palm mid-rib bow with palm-leaf ribbon stretched across.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Tabut
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1930
Date collected
By October 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Palm Spathe Leaf Plant, Process Stretched
Dimensions
Length: max 130 mm reed
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.86.179 Other numbers: Blackwood number 178

Search terms: Music, Toy and Game, Musical Instrument, Musical Bow

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