Bow

Museum number:
5-2639
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002639
Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Bow; round; made from Mukube wood; bowstring made from mbambi (buck) skin; 60 inches long.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Luvale and Lozi tribes (all tribes)
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-2639, described as Bow; round; made from Mukube wood; bowstring made from mbambi (buck) skin; 60 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-2639, described as Bow; round; made from Mukube wood; bowstring made from mbambi (buck) skin; 60 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 5-2639, described as Bow; round; made from Mukube wood; bowstring made from mbambi (buck) skin; 60 inches long.

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