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Object Number 30-66-50/H1406
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bows, blunt tapered ends, 1 leather bowstring and wraps, 1 fiber bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Dimensions Overall: 161.7 x 10 x 2.2 cm (63 11/16 x 3 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-66-50/H-1406

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