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Object Number 39-39-50/3837
Display Title Wooden arrows, charred design on shafts, nseko
Descriptions
Indigenous Term nseko
Inventory Description Arrows, bamboo, 1 end worked to point, both ends incised, burnt design
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 61.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (24 5/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 39-39-50/3837

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