Wooden bow, wrapped .75 of length with fur, fibre bow string, tiba

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Object Number 39-39-50/3853

Display Title Wooden bow, wrapped .75 of length with fur, fibre bow string, tiba

Descriptions

Indigenous Term tiba

Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, three quarters skin covered, reed bowstring, fiber wrapped end

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bwamba

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda

Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of

Materials Wood, Skin, Reed

Dimensions Overall: 18.3 x 1.9 cm (7 3/16 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/3853

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39-39-50/3847	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, pieces of antelope skin wrapped around (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3848	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, one end wrapped with fur, tiba	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3845	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, small pieces of fur attached to both ends (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3846	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, small piece of fur attached to one end (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3850	Wooden bow, fibre bow string, bow wrapped with hide from antelope leg, tufts of	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3849	Small wooden bow wound with thin strip of metal, fibre bow string (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3844	Wooden bow decorated with pieces of fur and skin from antelope legsm fibre bow s	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3843	Wooden bow with fibre string (tiba)	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3852	Wooden bow, one end wrapped with hide, other decorated with 4 tufts of fur, fibr	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3851	Wooden bow, one end wrapped in hide, other end split, wrapped in small piece of	Bow	Uganda
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39-39-50/4459	Bamboo bow with fibre bow string ("jehekun")	Bow	Nyaruanda

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