Bowstring

Museum number:

11-38912b

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Accession number:

Acc.2219

Description:

Bowstring associated with boy's wooden bow.

Donor:

Klaus Koch and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Angkruk village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province, Indonesia

Culture or time period:

Yali people

Collector:

Klaus Koch

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Bowstrings

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Oceania