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Object Number
49-14-50/8433
Display Title
Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wuta
Inventory Description
Bow, darkened wood shaft, twisted hide string, wrapped ends with vegetable fiber
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chewa
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Nchisi Mountain
Materials
Wood, Hide, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 125.6 x 22.5 x 2.6 cm (49 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8433
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49-14-50/8436 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
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| 49-14-50/8432 | Wooden bow with leather cord, the inside eaten by boring beetles. Wuta |
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| 49-14-50/8438 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
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|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8437 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8435 | Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta |
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|
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| |
| 34-91-50/394 | Plain bow wrapped with strips of rawhide |
Bow
|
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| |
| 2020.3.85 | Bow with 18 groups of leather wrappings, bowstring |
Bow
|
Tanzania
| |
| 2020.3.84 | Bow with string, leather wrappings, "LOKALA" |
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|
Tanzania
| |
| 2020.3.73 | Bow, light colored wood, leather wrapping in 6 sections; bow string; marked "M N" |
Bow
|
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| |
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Bow
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 971-2-50/11551A.2 | Bow, small, carved wood, twisted vegetable fiber cord attached |
Bow
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Africa
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