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BowA2.441

Plain curved piece with a long loose band of skin going across and through a hole at each end of the curved piece down around which it coils.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and bearded seal skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.237

Bow made from a crooked branch bound with skin (?) at the tapered ends.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood and skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowB763

Long brown wood piece that has a double elongated lance-olate leaf-like shape, one at either end with a small plain section in between. Some bands of lozenge designs along the edges. There is a sharp bend on one end but the other end is straight.

Culture
Andamanese ?
Material
wood
Made in
Andaman and Nicobar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowB759

Dark brown bow that is straight in the centre and has sides that curve down then upwards in a U-shape. Ends have a small incised groove near the end of the tapered point. Fibre(?) cording wrapped around each end near the centre. Traces of gold paint and lacquer over the wood.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
wood, fibre ?, paint and lacquer
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA7915

Bow with string. A wide flat bow, both faces convex in cross-section. Narrow ends widen toward the middle and then narrow again at handgrip. A grooved channel runs the length of the bow on the outer face. A set of notches at either end for holding the bow string. The string is made of twisted sinew. Wood is polished to a deep red-brown.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
sinew and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.221

Long cylindrical piece of wood that tapers slightly at the ends with twined skin stretched from one end to the other and wrapped around the ends.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.61 a-c

Model bow (part a) with thin (part b) and thick (part c) model arrows. Part a: bow has curved spine with a piece of fibre tied to each side. There are three sections of darkened wood down its length. Part b: arrow has a sharp point at both ends and has a set of three arrow feathers at one end. Part c: arrow has blunt and rounded ends and has a set of three arrow feathers at one end.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
fibre, iron metal, feather, stem ? and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model BowB735

A plain natural coloured model bow with a "string" made of a bamboo splint tied at each end. The bow has three natural sections.

Culture
Santal
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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