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Object Number 24-20-50/B3668
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, curved, tapered to pointed ends, sinew bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 85 x 6 x 1.5 cm (33 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 24-20-50/B3668

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