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Small plain bow
Object Number 34-91-50/873
Display Title Small plain bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, twisted fiber string attached, broken
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tereki?
  • Hamite?
  • Maragoli?
  • Akamba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Ukamba / <County> / Kibwezi
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (24 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/873

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