Bow
2003-32-222
From: Solomon Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-32-222 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Long, slightly curved bow of dark brown wood. Outer face convex, inner flat. Carved projections at ends for securing bowstring. Resembles other Solomon Islands bows in collection. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. |
| Length | 188 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Thickness | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.16528 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16528 - Other Number |
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