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Object Number 2007.18.11.1

Display Title Bow

Descriptions

Object Description Bow

Inventory Description Bow, carved wood, curved, tapered ends, fiber string attached

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date 1960 or earlier

Culture

Hadza

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Tanzania

Additional Geographic Terms Tanzania, Northwest

Materials Wood, Sinew?, Vegetable fiber?

Dimensions Overall: 134.6 x 2 x 2.1 cm (53 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2007.18.11.1

Credit Line Gift of Irven DeVore

Provenance

Collector Irven DeVore (1960 - 12/27/07)

Donor Irven DeVore (1960 - 12/27/07)

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