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Bow
before 1922
- Medium
- wood
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Average: 180.4 cm (71 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Oceania
- Credit line
- Gift of J. H. Donahey
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This long, slender bow is carved from a single piece of dark hardwood. It has a smooth, undecorated surface and a gentle natural curvature. Shallow grooves are cut into each end to secure a bowstring.
