Bow with fur

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Object Number 2009.20.1

Display Title Bow with fur

Descriptions

Object Description Bow with fur; bow string

Inventory Description Bow, curved wood, half covered with hide, fur, detached splint wood string

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Date 1972 or earlier

Culture

Efe
Pygmy

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Zaire

Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest

Materials Wood, hide, fur, vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 2 × 79 × 2 cm (13/16 × 31 1/8 × 13/16 in.)

Label on object 2009.20.1

Credit Line Gift of Anonymous

Provenance

Collector Anonymous (1972)

Donor Donated by Anonymous (9/5/2009)

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