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Object Number
49-14-50/8438
Display Title
Wooden bow with leather cord. Wuta
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wuta
Inventory Description
Bow, carved wood, twisted hide string, 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: 170.5 x 12.2 x 2.7 cm (67 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8438
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