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Object Number 24-32-50/B3714.2
Display Title Bows
Descriptions
Object Description Bows
Inventory Description Bows, carved wood shaft, tapered pointed ends, twisted fiber bowstring
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 167.5 x 14.5 x 2.4 cm (65 15/16 x 5 11/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 24-32-50/B3714.2

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