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Object Number 39-39-50/3943
Display Title Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by sm
Descriptions
Indigenous Term tiba kwa cheza
Object Description Bow used for ceremonial purposes in a dance, strips of grass held in place by small black fibre bands, fibre bow string (tiba kwa cheza)
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood covered with bicolor fiber wrap, tasseled end, fiber bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
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: 51.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 cm (20 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3943

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