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Object Number 30-65-50/H1255
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, rounded, corded bowstring and reptile skin wrapped 1 end
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Simsima?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo? / <State> / <County> / <City> / Simsima
Additional Geographic Terms Nile, Upper; Simsima
Dimensions Overall: 168 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm (66 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 30-65-50/H1255

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