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Object Number 11-43-30/83065
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bows, tapered to notched ends, fiber bow string broken, cotton grips
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 102.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm (40 3/8 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 11-43-30/83065; 10-7-30/80365

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