Bow (before 1922): Art, History and Details
Bow at the Cleveland Museum of Art: before 1922, wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Bow (before 1922) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.
Object facts
- Title: Bow
- Date: before 1922
- Culture: Philippines, probably Luzon
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Technique: wood
- Dimensions: Average: 190.6 cm (75 1/16 in.)
- Collection: Oceanic Art
- Department: Oceania
- Accession number: 1922.33
A detail from the museum
The bow’s simple, functional design is characteristic of the Aeta (or Agta) people of the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines.
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Donahey
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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