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Object Number 2007.18.20.6
Display Title Bow, men's
Descriptions
Object Description Men's hunting bow
Inventory Description Bow, curved bow, tapered both ends, wrapped fiber both ends, no string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1963-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 103 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (40 9/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2007.18.20.6
Credit Line Gift of Irven DeVore
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1963-1964 - 12/27/07)
Donor Irven DeVore (1963-1964 - 12/27/07)

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