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Bow
Object Number 08-25-50/73596
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, pointed ends, vegetable fiber string, hide bands underneath
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / <State> / <County> / Mwanza
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Victoria; southern region
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 155 x 9.8 x 2.4 cm (61 x 3 7/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-25-50/73596

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