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Object Number
49-14-50/8432
Display Title
Wooden bow with leather cord, the inside eaten by boring beetles. Wuta
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
WUta
Inventory Description
Bow, carved wood, twisted hide string, vegetable fiber cord-wrapped ends, broken
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
- Chewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Nchisi Mountain
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 114 x 13.8 x 2.5 cm (44 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8432
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 49-14-50/8438 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
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Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8436 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8433 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8437 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8434 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8435 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 31-22-50/B5040 | Teeth, beetles, and shell charm |
Charm
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 35-25-30/1003 | Pair of men's ear plumes, each with string of pendant beetles' wings + |
Earring
|
Tucano?
| |
| 77-35-30/11631 | Necklace, wings of beetles |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Brazil
| |
| 51-60-50/8813 | Beetle carapace - beetle roasted and eaten by Bushmen |
Insect
|
Africa
| |
| 47-73-70/2917 | Beetles ? |
Insect
|
Nuku Hiva
| |
| 35-31-50/1331 | Bottle containing beetles |
Insect
|
Cameroon
|