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4 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun")
4 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun")
Object Number 39-39-50/4457
Display Title 4 bamboo bows with fibre bow string ("jehekun")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term jehekun
Inventory Description Bows, flattened, curved reed shafts, grips reinforced with reed and fiber
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Reed, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm (38 9/16 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 39-39-50/4457

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