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Object Number 23-36-50/B3654
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bows, carved wood, cylindrical shafts, leather bowstrings, 1 with fiber wrap
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basuto?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Dimensions Overall: 141.6 x 7.7 x 2 cm (55 3/4 x 3 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 23-36-50 B-3654

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