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Object Number 30-32-50/B4676
Display Title Bows, obokoma
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bows, round shaft tapered to pointed ends, fiber bowstring wrapped 1 end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ukerewe
  • Wakerewe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Ukerewe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 159.2 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm (62 11/16 x 5 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-32-50/B4676

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