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Object Number
31-24-50/B5076
Display Title
Hunter's bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, skin-covered wood, with fur, sewn with string, reed bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Wood, Skin, Reed, String
Dimensions
Overall: 135.2 x 3.8 x 3 cm (53 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-24-50/ B/ 5076
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1930)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1931)
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