Two bows ·  Papua New Guinea · ID: 3033676

Description

wood, brown patina, a) bow with leather bowstring, fixed by bowl-shaped attachments, carved ornamental decor, two plaited raffia cuffs in the handle zone, l: 233 cm; b) the second bow made of reddish brown wood, presumably Solomon Islands/Buka, the inner surface flattened, remains of plant fibre bowstring and of blackish mass for fixation

The object Two bows with the object ID 3033676 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 34 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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