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Object Number
2004.24.6899A
Display Title
Man shooting a bowgun
Descriptions
Object Description
a) Shooting bow gun, b) three monkeys at one shot.
We have a blow gun just like this one.
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Hunting
Subject
- Rural
- Man
- Weapon
- Bowgun
- Hunting
Department
Photographic
Date
1921
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6899B | Hunter with three dead monkeys |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6848 | Hunter with bowgun, quiver, arrows |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11790 | Shooting the "mpan" or bow gun |
Africa
| ||
| 37-32-50/2463 | Large wooden crossbow, called "mfan", outstanding use in shooting of monkeys |
Bow
|
Cameroon
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 01-28-00/1.3 | Studio shot of man shooting arrow |
California?
Arizona? Mexico? | ||
|
Media Restricted
| 01-28-00/1.5 | Staged studio photograph of man shooting arrow |
California?
Arizona? Mexico? | ||
|
Media Restricted
| 01-28-00/1.4 | Studio shot of man shooting arrow |
California?
Arizona? Mexico? | ||
| 34-120-10/100570.1.60 | Ko-mo-hoats shooting arrow |
Nevada
| ||
| 49-14-50/8281 | Boy's bamboo "gun" for shooting maize. Futi |
Toy
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 2004.29.11791 | Three monkeys at one shot |
Africa
| ||
| 49-14-50/8282 | Boy's bamboo "gun" for shooting maize. Futi |
Toy
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 61-7-30/8262 | Bamboo spring stone or dart-shooting gun |
Unclassified
|
Baixao Preto
Ponto |