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Object Number 49-14-50/8367
Display Title Wooden bow. Ukunji. with fiber string
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ukunji
Inventory Description Bow, wood shaft, twisted vegetable fiber string wrapped at 1 end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
  • Yao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Dimensions Overall: 118.7 x 14.8 x 2.3 cm (46 3/4 x 5 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8367

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