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Object Number
84-71-50/36843
Display Title
Native bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bow, round, tapered to blunt ends, fiber and sinew wrappings 1 end
Classification
- Bow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, Eastern
Materials
Wood, Sinew, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 128.6 x 1.9 x 2 cm (50 5/8 x 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
84-71-50/36843
Provenance
Collector
Captain A. Ward Weaver
(1883)
Donor
Donated by
Captain A. Ward Weaver
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