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: T/PAPU/44
: British Empire & Commonwealth
: Bow
: 2 bows made from palm wood. One has a bamboo string tied at each end of the bow with fibre binding at each end. The other is a long polished bow with a string, presumably made of vegetable fibre, bound in vegetable fibre which may include yellow orchid root. Bow string is damaged and loosed. Old number ‘AUS G9’ written on it. Use for fighting and hunting.
: Commonwealth Institute Collection
: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012