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Object Number 973-16-50/11431
Display Title Wood bow with arrow, plied bast bow string, iron tip on arrow. Length of bow 3
Descriptions
Indigenous Term bankara
Object Description Wood bow with arrow, plied bast bow string, iron tip on arrow. Length of bow 33 5/8", arrow 27"
Inventory Description Bow, wood shaft, tapered ends, twisted fiber bowstring, dark brown pigment
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Dimensions Overall: 92 x 1.4 x 1.5 cm (36 1/4 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11431
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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