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Wooden bow. Ukunji. with fiber string
Wooden bow. Ukunji. with fiber string
Object Number 49-14-50/8365
Display Title Wooden bow. Ukunji. with fiber string
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ukunji
Inventory Description Bow, wood shaft, broken twisted and knotted vegetable fiber string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
  • Yao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 109.3 x 1.8 x 2.1 cm (43 1/16 x 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8365

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