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Object Number 39-39-50/4452
Display Title 19 Wooden arrows ("muviarno")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term muvirano
Inventory Description Arrows, wood shaft 1 end worked to point, other end slith with feathers inserted
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Dimensions Overall: 85.1 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (33 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 19
Label on object 39-39-50/4452

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