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Object Number 30-66-50/H1281
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, cylindrical shaft, tapered to ends, sinew string, fiber wrap
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Dimensions Overall: 136.2 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm (53 5/8 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-66-50/H1281

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