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Wrist guard for protection from bow string
Wrist guard for protection from bow string
Object Number 24-32-50/B3704
Display Title Wrist guard for protection from bow string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wrist guards, globular shaped stretched hide, two fiber loops at top, leather tie
Classification
  • Wrist guard
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wambuti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, West
Materials Hide Fiber
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 20 × 18 × 14 cm (7 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object ED/P 1-4-50/128; 24-32-50/B3704

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