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Object Number 49-14-50/8430
Display Title Arrow of bamboo shaft and leaf shaped metal blade. Mpalilo
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mpalilo
Inventory Description Arrow, ovate metal point with long stem, bamboo shaft, fiber wrap
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chewa
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Nchisi Mountain
Dimensions Overall: 99.7 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (39 1/4 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8430

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