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Object Number 39-39-50/3843
Display Title Wooden bow with fibre string (tiba)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term tiba
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, cylindrical shaft, ridged peg ends
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm (30 5/16 x 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3843

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