Cleveland Museum of Art

Bow

Date

before 1922

Medium

wood

Culture

Philippines, probably Luzon

Department

Oceania

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. The bow’s simple, functional design is characteristic of the Aeta (or Agta) people of the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines.

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