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Object Number
49-14-50/8361
Display Title
4 arrows with bamboo shaft and leaf shpaed metal blade Mpamba
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mpamba
Inventory Description
Arrows, bamboo shaft, ovate metal point, stemmed, fiber-wrapped haft
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
- Yao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials
Bamboo, Metal, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 105.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm (41 1/2 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
49-14-50/8361
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