"Bow spanners"

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Object Number 21-28-50/B2885

Display Title "Bow spanners"

Descriptions

Inventory Description Wood bow spanners, ovate, carved deco, perforated 1 end, w/ hide/vegetable fiber

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Beti

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide

Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm (4 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 21-28-50/B\2885

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22-2-50/B3497	Wooden spanner	Bow	Cameroon
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49-14-50/8435	Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta	Bow	Nyasaland
971-2-50/11551D.2	Bow, carved wood, vegetable fiber string, detached, white residue on bow	Bow	Africa
49-14-50/8254	Bow (see arrows #50/8253) Obuta	Bow	Nyasaland
49-14-50/8434	Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta	Bow	Nyasaland
971-2-50/11551C.2	Bow, thin carved wood, twised vegetable fiber cord, broken	Bow	Africa
971-2-50/11551A.2	Bow, small, carved wood, twisted vegetable fiber cord attached	Bow	Africa

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