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Large wooden bow with bowstring, possibly from the Solomon Islands or Tonga. The bow is flattened and painted black on one side. The bowstring is made of what appears to be twisted hair or plant fiber. The bowstring is attached at either end with fiber that has been twisted, wrapped and covered with resin. The bow would have been used for hunting or warfare.
bows (weapons)
wood (plant material)
hair
resin (organic material)
Bow
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,163
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
1 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3607
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