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Object Number 22-2-50/B3029
Display Title Bow gun
Descriptions
Inventory Description Crossbow, carved wood, twisted fiber cord, shaft split lengthwise
Classification
  • Crossbow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 108.5 x 36.3 x 2.9 cm (42 11/16 x 14 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3029

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