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Object Number 65-46-50/10790
Display Title Musical bow, 11" diameter
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, curved, coarse fiber string, string broken
Classification
  • String
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Angloa; Chileso
Materials Wood, String
Dimensions Overall: 28.2 x 1.2 cm (11 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-46-50/10790

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