Bamboo bow with fibre bow string ("jehekun")

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Object Number 39-39-50/4459

Display Title Bamboo bow with fibre bow string ("jehekun")

Descriptions

Indigenous Term jehekun

Inventory Description Bow, reed shaft, fiber bowstring and wraps for binding reed grip

Classification

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: 114.7 x 14.3 x 2.1 cm (45 3/16 x 5 5/8 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/4459

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	39-39-50/3847	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, pieces of antelope skin wrapped around (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
	39-39-50/3844	Wooden bow decorated with pieces of fur and skin from antelope legsm fibre bow s	Bow	Uganda
	39-39-50/3846	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, small piece of fur attached to one end (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
	39-39-50/3849	Small wooden bow wound with thin strip of metal, fibre bow string (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
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