Plain bow wrapped with strips of rawhide

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Object Number 34-91-50/394

Display Title Plain bow wrapped with strips of rawhide

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bow, wood shaft, darkened wood w/ hide bands, twisted veg fiber string, cracked

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Masai
Hamite

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi

Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony: Mt. Elgon; region of

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide

Dimensions Overall: 135.2 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm (53 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 34-91-50/394

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