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Object Number
29-4-50/H893
Display Title
Pigmy bows
Descriptions
Object Description
7 pigmy bows and 5 arrows
Inventory Description
Bow, carved wood, ridged ends, half skin covered, patchy fur, reed bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeastern
Materials
Wood, Reed, Skin, Fiber, Fur
Dimensions
Overall: 84.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm (33 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
29-4-50/H893
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-4-50/H893.1 | Pigmy bows |
Bow
|
Congo
| |
| 30-65-50/H1245 | Pygmy bows |
Bow
|
Congo
| |
| 29-4-50/H853.1 | Bows, wood shaft, skin with fur, embossed metal wraps, 1 reed bowstring |
Bow
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
| |
| 30-65-50/H1244 | Bows |
Bow
|
Ekibondo
| |
| 39-39-50/4456 | 5 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun") |
Bow
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 30-65-50/H1255 | Bows |
Bow
|
Simsima
| |
| 39-39-50/4458 | 2 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun") |
Bow
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 30-65-50/H1267 | Bows |
Bow
|
Africa
| |
| 24-32-50/B3714.2 | Bows |
Bow
| ||
| 29-4-50/H853 | Bows, 1 fur covered, 2 metal wrapped |
Bow
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
| |
| 29-4-50/H893.2 | Arrows, metal points, 3 ovate, 2 spike, some barbed, reed shaft, fiber wraps |
Arrow
|
Congo
| |
| 53-47-30/7486 | 5' wooden bows |
Bow
|
Colombia
|