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Object Number
41-53-50/5425
Display Title
Plain undecorated bow of swampwood with reed string
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, carved wood shaft, plain, pegged ends, reed bowstring
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bassa
- Bassa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Monrovia, E of: Firestone's Plantation, near; Du and Farmington, area btwn
Materials
Wood, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 16.5 x 1.6 cm (29 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
41-53-50/5425
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