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Object Number 20-29-50/B2328
Display Title Bow for bow gun ? unfinished
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, unclassified, bow-shaped piece of carved wood, attached to B2327
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 85.3 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm (33 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-29-50/B/2328

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