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Bow
Object Number 998-23-50/12972
Display Title Bow
Descriptions
Object Description Bow
Inventory Description Bow, skin-covered wood shaft, hooves and patches of fur, reed string, veg fiber
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Bassa
  • Bassa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Skin, Fur, Reed, Animal hoof, Vegetable fiber, Hide, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 139.7 x 10.16 x 2.4 cm (55 x 4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-23-50/12972
Credit Line Gift of Kenneth Elwood Douglas
Provenance
Provenance Bassa chief (1947-1949)
Collector Kenneth Elwood Douglas (1947-1949 - 12/17/98)
Donor Kenneth Elwood Douglas (1947-1949 - 12/17/98)

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