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Object Number 24-20-50/B3667
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, cylindrical wood tapered to ends, corded fiber bowstring, wire bands
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Central?
Dimensions Overall: 141.8 x 9.5 x 2.7 cm (55 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24-20-50/B-3667

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