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Object Number 30-66-50/H1283
Display Title Wooden painted reed arrows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bird arrows, carved wood point, bamboo shaft, feathers, resin-coated fiber wraps
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Dimensions Overall: 72.7 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm (28 5/8 x 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 30-66-50/H/1283

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