Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw

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Object Number 39-39-50/3936

Display Title Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw

Descriptions

Indigenous Term tiba kwa cheza

Object Description Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw matting, thin fibre bow string (tiba kwa cheza)

Inventory Description Bow, carved wood covered with multi-color basketry, tasseled ends, bark bowstrin

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bwamba

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda

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

Materials Wood, Fiber, Bark

Dimensions Overall: 71.2 x 17.4 x 1.9 cm (28 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/3936

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39-39-50/3935	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3933	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3937	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3934	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, wound with checkered pattern straw	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3945	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3946	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3943	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3944	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3941	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3942	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3939	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda
39-39-50/3940	Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm	Bow	Uganda

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