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Bow and string
Object Number 2006.38.77
Display Title Bow and string
Descriptions
Object Description Bow, wooden, and string: men's artifacts: hunting gear
Inventory Description Bow, carved wood bow, tapered ends, fiber string tied both ends
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Culture
  • Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood, Fiber, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 1.91 x 60.96 x 13.97 cm (3/4 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.38.77
Credit Line In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Owner Lavi Daniel (1993)
Owner Diane Dixon (1993)
Collector Jean-Pierre Hallet (Before 1980? - 1993)
Donor Renee C. Bertrand

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