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Object Number 18-19-50/B2055
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, wood shaft, corded fiber bowstring, bound with sinew
Classification
  • Pouch
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Dimensions Overall: 118.5 x 7.8 x 1.8 cm (46 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 18-19-50/B-2055

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