Accession No
1948.2625
Description
bow - wooden bow covered with red and yellow plaiting in various designs, arranged in nine panels along the length of the bow. The twisted bow string is bound with rattan [Duplicate card] Bow covered with plaitwork
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Bougainville Island; South East end
Period
Source
Stapleton, Violet Elise M L (Lady Beaumont) [donor]; Wootton Isaacson, Frederick J F [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2625
Cultural Affliation
Material
wood; plant fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Female Donor: Catalogue card notes ‘Formerly the property of F.Wootton-Isaacson Esq. and given to the Museum by his sister’, Lady Violet Beaumont. ‘Other Solomon Islands material, 1948.2626 and 1948.2628, was given to Lady Violet Beaumont’s brother, Frederick Wootton-Isaacson by Charles Woodford, and presumably donated by her after her brother’s death in 1948. R.Hand 8/4/2009’
Event Date 8/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
wooden bow covered with red and yellow plaiting in various designs, arranged in nine panels along the length of the bow. The twisted bow string is bound with rattan [Duplicate card] Bow covered with plaitwork
Event Date 8/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:265029
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