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Plain bow
Object Number 34-91-50/444
Display Title Plain bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, tapered, blunt-pointed ends, no bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 136.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (53 3/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/444

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