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Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta
Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta
Object Number 49-14-50/8436
Display Title Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Wuta
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, twisted/knotted hide string, ends vegetable fiber cord-wrapped
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: 147 x 18.4 x 3 cm (57 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8436

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