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Object Number 39-39-50/3841
Display Title Hardened sticks for arrow making, mandiokodo
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mandiokodo
Inventory Description Bundle of sticks, bark flaking off, gathered with fiber wrap
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm (24 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 39-39-50/3841

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